The best ideas are from you sailors who have the experience. I will be standing on your shoulders with each process and idea. I have a small (microscopic) shop so I can implement most of the simplest ideas. Thanks, LH. -----Original Message----- From: George Burmeyer [mailto:burmeyer@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:57 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Mast Ties (was San Juan Island trip report) Larry, There are many ways to do this one. Velcro is great. I used it on my last boat. A novel solution is a cheap, common roll of masking tape. 3/4 inch works well. You simply wrap shrouds, forestay and halyards up in masking tape loops around the mast, but you put the masking tape on upside-down, with the adhesive facing out and stick it to itself. Voila! No goo on the mast and cheap. If you keep your shrouds attached to the boat, you can leave some of the tape wrapped on the mast, keeping everything neatly out of the way until you get the mast up, then just pop the tape loops off by pulling on a line. Pick up the pieces, wad 'em up and toss them (responsibly, of course) out. BTW: this may be the only thing duct tape cannot do: it's too strong :) Good luck with your new old boat. --George Burmeyer M15 #385 (1986) On 6/23/04 3:09 PM, "Hughston, Larry" <Larry.Hughston@dgs.ca.gov> wrote:

Well, your idea for tie ups is better than using those electrical ties. I did see some ties in a photo supply store here that were reuseable, just not long enough. The velcro sounds better, like they use on snow skis. If those were too short you could couple two together.......I'm trying to make this complicated I guess. I can get the velcro at a fabric shop. Or I could go to West Marine and pay triple..........Thanks for idea. ---LH #189

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