A necessary boat accessory I never leave the ramp without!
I'm by not means a MacGuyver...more of a Red Green man myself. But, as a kid who grew up in a preacher's family, and am a minister now myself, my family isn't over-flowing with money. Us poor people have poor ways, and I grew up learning how to fix about anything that broke, and making something work. I hope that my daughter and son learn the same thing from me...NICE ABILITY TO HAVE!
But, on that note, everyone and their mother has been making these "survivor bracelets", and I'm no different, and they have come in handy more than once. See, for every inch around your wrist they go, it requires a foot of rope...so you would always have enough!
First, I was out with a fishing buddy of mine, and his rope broke on his trolling motor in the middle of a 19,000 acre lake. So, I stopped fishing, undid the bracelet I had on, and strung him up a new pull rope...BEEN ON THERE FOR 2 YEARS NOW!
Second, I had the same thing happen to me...replaced with the bracelet.
Third, went to help a guy I had never met who was stranded on the boat...pull rope on his motor broke...replaced it with the bracelet.
I've used mine hunting before, to double up and pull a deer out of the woods when I forgot to pack a pull strap...worked fine.
I've had to use one as a pull rope for my treestand, as I made the mistake of not checking it the first time back to the stand in two years before I hunted this particular stand.
I'm telling you...that stuff is amazing! It has a very small diameter, any color you want, and it has 550-lb breaking point, and it doesn't seem to be affected by the weather. So, I have thrown some extra in my toolbox, and have made a keychain out of it for my truck, boat, four wheeler. It is some amazing stuff.
You can buy the stuff at Hobby Lobby for about .33/foot, or I get mine off of parachordplanet.com for .08/foot. But, I also bought about $300 for my kids to make stuff here at the church during 5th Quarters as an activity after football games.
Do what you want...but this has proved EXTREMELY helpful for me, and others I come across! I've made my dad a key for his boat that is about 8" long, giving him 8' to play with. Well, he only has about 3' left...guess I need to make a new keychain...LOL.
mrwillis