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Old 05-19-2013, 10:11 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Gatto Nero View Post
I have an idea but I haven't been out to look at it yet. I tried using stainless steal cable but I couldn't find a stainless thimble. I'm guessing the loop pinched and snapped at the connection to the raft itself. I guess I'm going back to chain.
1) It could be dragging the mooring block, so the raft may safely sit off a shore. (But maybe a different shore today!)

2) For 40 years, a neighbor has been using a S/S cable for the mooring of a 20-foot sailboat.

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