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Tying fisherman's knots for deck lines and bungees
I paddle a Shearwater Merganser I built in 2004. It is still in good shape. I took off my deck lines and bungees and varnished the deck. I use the Chesapeake Craft fisherman's knot to tie my deck lines and bungees, but always have problems taking out the slack. Does anyone else have this problem? I tie the first knot but have trouble getting the slack out when I tie the second knots.
Does anyone have a good technique to tie tight deck lines and bungees with a fisherman's knot? Thanks.
3 replies:
RE: Tying fisherman's knots for deck lines and bungees
���Tight bungees are fine, but decklines not so good. For safety's sake, you need to be able to actually grab them, even wearing gloves to haul yourself back onto/ into the boat.
RE: Tying fisherman's knots for deck lines and bungees
» Submitted by Mark N - Sun, 9/8/19 » 11:06 AM
After tying the first knot, stretch the bungie very tight and use a small pair or vise grips as a clamp to take the tension. This give you extra length to tie the second knot. Once that is done, remove the vice grips and even out the bungie tension.