>Gerry Papps wrote: > >> A bowline knot works. Not as tidy, but adjustable, not permanent, >and costs nothing.< On the other hand there is something to be said about a large eye-splice on the end of a braided dock-line: I bought a booklet on how to do splices and knots. Took me over 2 hours to do my first eye-splice, now I'm down to 1/2 hour (experts do it in 10 minutes). When asked how to do it, say something like: "First you take the inside from the outside, then you slip the outside in the inside and finally you stuff the inside with the outside back into the inside/outside." If you haven't got everyone confused yet, offer to give a demonstration, but point out that the rope-guru that you are needs proper sacrifices - like for instance a sixpack of Heineken. It's not a bad way to spend an afternoon on the dock and not a bad ROI on a five-dollar pamphlet. :-) George on Scaramouche, Lake Ontario

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