Frozen rope

[kfa4303]

Re: Frozen rope

exactly. I can't even count to 4 we get sort of one and half seasons where I am. Hot as @#$@#, and slightly less so.

 

[Texasmark]

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Or you Floridians could move north and enjoy the change seasons and the benefits it offers.

Lubricating the ropes with glycerin or even beeswax prevents their absorption of water, and makes them much easier to chip the ice off. There are also commerical waterproofing solutions suitable for ropes from Mammut, Edelrid, Mcnett, and other companies. Surface ice just sheds right off. Preventing the lines from become saturated and then frozen, which requires de-thawing, is much, much easier. So, keeping the water out of the lines is key. Ice might settle on top, but this is nothing compared to saturated lines freezing.

Okay, we're off to do some tubing in a bit (the kind where you get into a tube and head down a snow covered mountain). <<Sorry, Floridians; don't be jealous.

Well, how about the Longisland (pronounced as one word as I have been instructed) folks that do a quasi-skinney dip every Jan 1. That ought to be just a ton of laughs. After the first couple of seconds your body is num and warms up and you don't feel a thing.....or do you?

I used to fish when the guides in my fishing rod would ice over. I'd dip them in the water then bang the rod on the boat.

If the water is still fluid, which it obviously is or you wouldn't be jaunting out, why not just let the line fall into the water and let the water thaw it out?

HTH,
Mark

 

[Part-time]

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why not just let the line fall into the water and let the water thaw it out?

HTH,
Mark

The problem is to get the rope untied. Afternoons are mild and the rope is easy to tie, then it will get wet with rain or wet snow then it freezes hard overnight.

 

[oregoncruiser]

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Of course, you could always just move down here to sunny Fla and make winter a thing of the past forever

That sounds so appealing, wish I could make it happen.

 

[oops!]

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The problem is to get the rope untied. Afternoons are mild and the rope is easy to tie, then it will get wet with rain or wet snow then it freezes hard overnight.

we used to pour water over the rope to untie them in that situation

 

[smokeonthewater]

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how about plastic coated cables with metal clips and a propane torch to thaw out the metal clips

or same theory with ropes and LARGE carabiners....

 

[newfiez]

The problem is to get the rope untied. Afternoons are mild and the rope is easy to tie, then it will get wet with rain or wet snow then it freezes hard overnight.

That's my exact problem...it's supposed to go up to 7c and rain by tomorrow, then -7c the next day...even if I were to put glycol on the lines, it would wash out from the rain. I'm going to find some good nylon lines, and see what happens.

 

[NSBCraig]

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Floridians only need one season, why would we move somewhere that has four ... :facepalm:

Seriously! Now if we could just convince all the people from up north that it's better up there maybe they will stay up there and stop crowding the ramp up.

 

[Philster]

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Floridian snobbery runs amok to a degree that they feel compelled to chime in on a thread about frozen ropes.*

Nice.



Relax; I am just kidding.

 

[halfmoa]

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floridian snobbery runs amok to a degree that they feel compelled to chime in on a thread about frozen ropes.*

nice.

:d

relax; i am just kidding.

lol I was trying to think of a nice was to put it...

I'm still waiting for "It's not rope once it's on your boat, it's line/hawser/rhode" comment.



Wait...did I just make that comment?

 

[dingbat]

Re: Frozen rope

The easiest solution is to use a polypropylene rope. Polypropylene does not absorb water and therefore it doesn’t freeze.

 

[greenbush future]

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Best solution is to avoid getting them wet, if you do that then you will be all set. Not aware of any type of rope that will solve your situation. Enjoy the water or ice.
Trapped in Michigan, waiting for spring!!

 

[smallboatlover]

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Why don't you hire a little kid to stand out there with a little heater and a tarp all night to keep them un frozen.

 

[newfiez]

Why don't you hire a little kid to stand out there with a little heater and a tarp all night to keep them un frozen.

I already tried that...it didn't work. The kid was from Rhode Island...he died when the tarp he was inside of caught on fire from the heater

 

[pevaguy]

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How about making a cover over where you have the rope (line) tied using something like a plastic bucket to keep the rain off of the rope. Just have the rope (line) dry before you tie it up.

 

[smallboatlover]

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o shat im a ghost i just scared my self :facepalm: ill can always try again $2 and hour

 

[newfiez]

Update:
So I bought some 5/8" Polypropylene twisted rope from Canadian Tire, got rained on, then dropped to -15, and it had no issues coming untied or issues with freezing. Thanks for all your input guys!

 

[coastalrichard]

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Hold up there Home Cooking! Where I come from letting alcohol evaporate is considered Abuse