353 Line Size - 1/2 or 5/8
Hello Everyone, sorry for yet another thread but I am a new owner and will probably ask a bunch of questions already covered and my boat is in Shrink so I cant measure anything. What size lines do you all have for your 353's, are 5/8 too big for the 1999 cleats on the 353's? I bought 5/8, but in talking with my buddies they said it could be overkill and could have issues when we tie up at the cove with smaller boats w/ smaller cleats!! They said 1/2" would be plenty... Thoughts?
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Bigger is always better. Have more than one set of lines.
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Go with the size that fits thru your cleats, for tying up your boat, and when you raft up with the smaller boats, just use their line tied to your cleat.
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Use 5/8.....they are what you want. They won't fit well on a Cig....but what Formula owner would tie up with a resin bucket like that anyway? :D
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5/8 buy the time you tie up they will stretch and they will only be 9/16
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Tell your friends with smaller boats they need to adapt, 5/8.
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We have 16 lines 4, 3/8 25ft ,4, 3/8 15ft, 4, 1/2 25ft, 4 ,1/2 15ft it works for us. :D
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Our 3/8 line is good for 4,900 lbs and the 1/2 is good for 8,600 lbs . The 5/8 line is good for 15,200 lbs I'm not tring to pick up the boat on one line . Just my .02. :D
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Originally Posted by formula 382 sr-1
(Post 2487997)
Our 3/8 line is good for 4,900 lbs and the 1/2 is good for 8,600 lbs . The 5/8 line is good for 15,200 lbs I'm not tring to pick up the boat on one line . Just my .02. :D
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I don't see the need for 5/8 line, my boat is not going to stay in a slip in a storm nor am I going to raft up in a strong wind . We mostly use the 3/8 line the 1/2 line is just in case we are at a marina and a storm comes up.
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