Master rigger Mike Parnell walks up to a rack and picks up what looks like a giant rubber band. In reality, it is a 10-ft-long, 2-in.-wide lifting sling made of thin, yellow nylon webbing. Parnell ...
SEQUIM — It takes a big sling to lift a big boat. It will take 12 slings made out of four layers of 10-inch-wide nylon flat webbing to rig the Port of Port Townsend’s new $3 million, 30-ton ...