line storage ideas?

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We have a 2012 Ranger 29 & looking to see if anyone has a way that they hang their lines in the rear side storage areas.

Matt Murphy
 
We use a thing called "button line hangers" to hang lines along the coaming in the cockpit. I have some photos in my album. Too bad this forum no longer provides for posting photos from ones album here. Is this photo function EVER going to be fixed? It has been this way for a long time....
 
The large 3M Command wall hooks work great for this and stick great on the gelcoat in the cockpit. Also great way to hang a throwable.
 
PanaSeaAh":39bud3vo said:
The large 3M Command wall hooks work great for this and stick great on the gelcoat in the cockpit. Also great way to hang a throwable.
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Sounds like they may work.

Thanks
 
I have several that have been on over 6 years with no problem. Clean wax off with rubbing alcohol before mounting.
 
I like to keep it really simple. Coil the line, drape it over the rail, pull the top part of the coil under the rail and through the bottom part of the coil and your are done. This technique makes it really fast to grab a line from the dock and handle the boat. You just grab the horizontal lines of the stowed coil, pull, and the entire line ends up in your hand. No extra gear needed. I always take my lines with me when leaving the dock and stow the bow and stern lines this way. Here is a short video showing how to do it. Make sure you drape from inside the boat to make it easy to release from outside the boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAFY3GvdNUU

HTH,

Gary
 
Actually, the sailor's coils shown in that video introduce twists into the line that add up over time and make the line unmanageable. The way to coil a line without introducing twists that jam in cleats, or if you are sailing get jammed in fairleads, is to actually coil the line with a figure 8 twist in it. See the video below:

Coiling with a figure 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-TV9cnzI3E

I've been racing sailboats for years, including spinnakers which introduce many extra lines that are quite long and you don't want them getting fouled and jammed at fairleads or you can be in big trouble. The figure 8 coil pays out a straight untwisted line (counter-intuitive), whereas the circle coil introduces twists as the line pays out.

Its real simple to see this in action. Take a line and coil it circular. Lay it on the dock. Grab a bitter end and walk away down the dock and watch the line as each coil comes off. Then try it with a figure 8 coil. You'll see the difference. You can see it in this video at the 5:20 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2333Ff8GJDw

Most people like the circular coil for looks and it seems intuitive, but it can cause quite a bit of trouble in the right (or wrong) situation. HTH, Gary
 
This is a DIY line storage rack. Starts with an IKEA towel holder (yes it is stainless and inexpensive). It has been modified to to contain two fabricated polyethylene “snaps “ to pop on and off the deck railing. Has as ball bungees fasted to posts using snap ties on posts to hold several ropes. It can be removed from railing as a unit for rinsing tones or moved around the boat where ever their is enough 1 inch railing to accommodate it.

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Works well over the last 4 seasons.
 
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