Barbara, This is how I did it on my old C&C 24. It works. But you have to cut the safely line, because the pelican hook is usually longer than the turnbuckle. Measure twice and cut once, though.
Your issue might be that when the gate is open, the safety line is completely limp, so you have to make sure than any time it is needed it is locked. Some people don’t like pelican hooks in the safety lines. Marek (in Ottawa) From: Barbara Hickson Fellers via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List Quick question re: putting gates in lifelines 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
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