APS has the most extensive rope inventory I have ever seen. Luckily, they are 10 minutes from The Office.
Chuck, no need to do eye splices? How long a tail did you lockstitch? Joel On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > I replaced our wire lifelines with 1/4" Amsteel. All of my 8 turnbuckles > were reused by changing the screw/swage fitting with a screw eye, and I > simply spliced luggage tag ends with lockstitch. I use the turnbuckles to > tune the lines tight and many people think they are steel when tight. In > future, I'll eliminate 8 turnbuckles and tension the line using the screw > eye of the pelican hook at the gate. It saved a little bit of money, a > little bit of weight, but the driving reason to go synthetic was to do it > all myself. Didn't need to send out to have wire swaged. > > Bought screw eyes from apsltd.com Some of mine are left hand thread, > and had to be welded in SS. Call them for options. > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Joel Aronson" <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Sent: *Friday, August 10, 2012 12:52:44 PM > *Subject: *Stus-List Life lines > > > Sorry about the partial message! > > Now that we all know each others preferences for gloves and footwear, I > thought I would start a new discussion. > > My boat has the original 29 year old vinyl coated lifelines and a couple > of bent turnbuckles. I know the turnbuckles require immediate attention. > Should I: > > a. pretend there can be no corrosion > b. try to strip off the vinyl > c just replace them? > > If "c" use wire or Dyneema? > > Thanks. > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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