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Ya fergot 'soap rope'!

...and to start, I'll go with packing gland for $100...

a painter on the front of the dingy

A halyard

the topping lift

k9 is right too, the line that the soap is hanging on is called a ROPE

the lazyjack (for flying kites)

does downhaul count?

BOAT wrote:does downhaul count?

Nope. Doesn't have "rope" in the name.

BOAT wrote:Does the mainsail roll up into the mast with an electric motor, or do you at least get to pull on a rope? Do you get to do any fun stuff anymore like pull on ropes and lines and stuff?

How many ropes on your boat?

G-string

RussMT wrote:

BOAT wrote:does downhaul count?

Nope. Doesn't have "rope" in the name.

BOAT wrote:Does the mainsail roll up into the mast with an electric motor, or do you at least get to pull on a rope? Do you get to do any fun stuff anymore like pull on ropes and lines and stuff?

How many ropes on your boat?

None ON the boat, but when they leave the boat they are called ropes.

BOAT wrote: None ON the boat, but when they leave the boat they are called ropes.

Cunningham??

Outhaul??

Ive forgotten all the names of the Harpoon spinnaker - usually because the words I use when flying out do not meet Forum standards..

How many of the 10 do we have so far??

Catigale wrote:Cunningham??

Outhaul??

Ive forgotten all the names of the Harpoon spinnaker - usually because the words I use when flying out do not meet Forum standards..

How many of the 10 do we have so far??

Lazy Guy, Lazy Sheet, After Guy, Fore Guy, and finally, the sheet. SO much better with asyms because all you need is a sheet!! (Modern technology is great!)

kmclemore wrote:Now the real question.... what 10 other singular nautical 'ropes' are made of rope but are not called either a rope, a sheet or a line?

Catigale wrote:Cunningham??
How many of the 10 do we have so far??

Well, here are my 10 'ropes' on a boat that are *not* called a rope, sheet or line:

1. Packing gland
2. Halyard
3. Topping lift
4. Outhaul
5. Uphaul
6. Downhaul
7. Painter
8. Lanyard
9. Anchor rode
10. Docking warp (also called a hawser)

To that I have to add "Cunningham", making a total of 11.

I don't count 'Lazyjack' because usually that's a set of integrated 'ropes', not just one single 'rope' - similarly I don't count any 'nets', either.

kmclemore wrote:

kmclemore wrote:
I don't count 'Lazyjack' because usually that's a set of integrated 'ropes', not just one single 'rope' - similarly I don't count any 'nets', either.

Yeah, that sounds about right to what I can remember getting drilled into my head by my dad when I was a kid but it's been a long time and my memory is not so good anymore. Mostly those old fashioned kites were flown with what most then would call "guy lines" or a system of "guy line" and so forth, so like you said it really can't be called ropes. (I do still have my old whisker pole).

Don't forget the soap on a rope - that's an important one - salt water soap still comes on a rope, right? (Or am I dating myself again?)

And what about the line you throw to the guy on the dock? The one that has the big huge knot in it that's named after a monkey or something like that? I think that's called a rope too. It's used on big ships as a leader to transfer big dock lines - I can't remember what it's called.