SAFETY & MAINTENANCE

Safety & Maintenance

Inspection, protection and knowing when to retire a line.

A body-holding harness and tether system — the one item on this site that must be certified and inspected.

A hot blade that cuts and fuses synthetic line in one pass — the correct way to shorten a rope.

Waxed twine bound around a rope end so the strands cannot unlay — the traditional finish.

A ventilated bag that keeps a line coiled, clean and ready to run without tangling.

A written record of every line and fitting — the cheapest piece of safety equipment there is.

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Other categories

Fibre, construction and how a line behaves under load.

The joinery of seamanship — what holds, and what costs strength.

Shackles, thimbles, blocks and the metal that carries the load.

Halyards, sheets, dock lines and anchor rodes in service.