I did the same as Graham, using the Johnson kit. I already had the right crimper from doing the 29, as well as experience. Since I was working at West Marine at the time, I got everything at deep discount, so my costs were about 1/4 of having the lifelines done professionally. The major lesson I brought away from this is that next time if I went with conventional wire I would use the same gauge of wire for the top and bottom lifelines, the 3/16" wire works much better in the crimp terminals than the 1/8" wire + conversion sleeves. I did the cockpit area with 3/16" top and bottom but the rest of the boat has 1/8" lower lifelines. I had to do a couple of lifelines in place since the terminals wouldn't go through the stanchion sleeves.
However, having done two boats like this, I think next time around I would use spectra. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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