West Marine's rigging shop can do it all for you and they do a nice job of it.
Bob On Apr 30, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Barbara Hickson Fellers via CnC-List wrote: > Hi All, > I just found out from my 84 yr old mom whose otherwise healthy as a horse, > that she has declined invitations to sail because its hard for her to get > over the lifeline without losing her balance. So...gates are in order asap! > The upper lifeline is larger than the lower (probably 3/16" and 1/8" but have > not measured precisely yet) and they are both vinyl coated. They have closed > body adjusters at both bow and stern pulpits. Question: is there any reason > I cannot install a gate using the existing lifeline (which is in good shape) > by loosening up the adjusters, cutting the lifeline where needed at the gate > stanchions and installing the hardware, then tightening adjusters to fit? > Existing hardware is all machine swaged and I'm going with hand swaged > fittings for the gates (if I can find a big swaging tool :-o ). Am I missing > something? Trying to get this done for a Mother's Day sail and brunch on the > boat. I don't think this would be too hard to get done right, but you know > how those "little" boat projects go... Thanks, > Barbara Hickson Fellers > C & C 33-1 Flight Risk > Charleston, SC > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > Bob Boyer S/V Rainy Days (1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230) email: [email protected] blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame
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