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You're better off with polyester webbing, since the polypropylene is much weaker and much more subject to UV degradation... The stainless steel ratchets are usually not marine-grade stainless, and will need to be washed down regularly and sprayed with WD-40, Boeshield T9 or something similar. BTW, nylon tends to stretch a lot more than polyester, especially when wet... so if you strap something down with the straps wet...and they dry out, you may have a problem... and vice versa.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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