Martin
It doesn't take much rust to make a stain on vinyl. I have some minor rust staining where the swaged joints meet the vinyl. And the vinyl has cracked in a few places along the lines and some staining shows there as well. The lifelines however still seem very strong and can take more than I can push against them.I believe in fact that the stanchion bases may pull away from the deck before the lifelines themselves failed. Did you do any detailed examination to see how the rust stains related to actual corrosion damage or better still did you try to pull them to failure. Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin DeYoung Sent: February 17, 2013 4:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List SS wire or line for lifelines Based on my own observations when replacing Calypso's 10 to 20 year old vinyl coated SS lifelines, 36 year SS lifeline are likely to fail under stress owing to hidden corrosion. Take a knife to the vinyl near an end and check how far the corrosion travels along the strands. Rust stains at the ends of the vinyl is a hint as to where to look first. My experience is based on a salt water boat. If you have always been in fresh YMMV. Martin Calypso 197 C&C 43 Seattle _____ From: CnC-List [[email protected]] on behalf of jtsails [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 4:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List SS wire or line for lifelines Question......Having been away from the big boat scene for a very long time.... could you guys explain why vinyl coated lifelines have fallen into such disfavor? As far as I can tell, the ones on my boat are the original 36 year old vinyl coated wire, pretty good track record there! James Delaney C&C 38 MkII Oriental, NC _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2238 / Virus Database: 2639/5610 - Release Date: 02/17/13
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