The stanchions should be left out of any plan, except for small stuff to hang the line that goes around the entire hull. Most of us know to question the integrity of the fastening method used for cleats. I have never seen backing plates used for stanchions on American production boats. If the line had a load on it sufficient to straighten it out, I believe you'd see stanchions popping and going overboard.
For ordinary storm anchoring, distributing the load between two mooring cleats is wise. It is not too late to begin a project to ensure that you have aluminum or SS backing plates for all your cleats and your windlass. Also, any windlass should have a wooden plate between the windlass and the fiberglass deck, in addition to the under-deck backing plate. My 1985 bronze cleats and some of their SS machine screws broke order the load of a tug boat's pulling me (20 Tons) off a nasty grounding (no other damage). Later, it was discovered that a cleat and several screws had crystallized - something you can't see until it's too late. I should have rigged a line around the hull, but I was alone and we were burning daylight. Ron Rogers -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:liveaboard- I envision a line going through a forward kleat weaving back through the stachions, through each cleat, arond the stern and back to the other forward cleat to a yoke attached to the anchor. If not woven through the stancheons and cleatsw, suspended from them by cord. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
