I am about to do the same. Salvaged some of the hardware and will replace uppers with 3/16 and may or may not use 1/8 for the lowers and bare stainless.
The list mentioned DEFENDER had a sale on kits, but if you can salvage the non swaged bits, maybe you could do better by buying your SS wire from an industrial source. ALEX GIANNELIA CC 35-II (1974) WILL BE RENAMED ON THE HARD SINCE NOV. 2006 Toronto Ontario Message: 8 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:01:36 -0700 From: Al Serrato <aserrat...@yahoo.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Fwd: Replacing Lifelines Message-ID: <7e368cc5-4c42-443a-aec6-8e468de5a...@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > I recently purchased a 1981 C & C 34 and would like to replace the lifelines, > which are looking pretty much the worse for wear. The upper forward lines > don't have turnbuckles either forward or aft and so are sagging, and the > lower set are smaller diameter than the upper. All are sheathed in plastic. > > I was planning on doing it myself, but wasn't sure of the best way to go > about making the change, whether there are upgrades to consider, and what > common mistakes I should try to avoid. For instance,I understand that coated > wire is no longer recommended. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Al > Fidelity > 1981 C & C 34 > San Francisco Bay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130829/53dbfe23/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:06:34 -0400 From: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: Replacing Lifelines Message-ID: <CAEL16P-NZaNfmzLO-2-QCAZnb9gp=ppdyugn92or46ikn7t...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Al, Congrats on buying a great boat! In addition to SS wire you should consider Dyneema/Amsteel. It is very easy to splice, and as strong as stainless. There are a number of DIY stainless kits, but I'm not familiar with them. I'm sure others will chime in. Joel 35/3 Annapolis Message: 10 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:07:09 -0400 (EDT) From: honeys...@aol.com To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: Replacing Lifelines Message-ID: <e8222.1137ee61.3f50b...@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Al Just go to Defender Marine (defender.com) and buy a lifeline kit. It will come with everything that you need to replace the wire. Use bare s/s wire and the coated stuff. Jack Fitzgerald HONEY - US12788 C&C 39 TM In a message dated 8/29/2013 11:01:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, aserrat...@yahoo.com writes: I recently purchased a 1981 C & C 34 and would like to replace the lifelines, which are looking pretty much the worse for wear. The upper forward lines don't have turnbuckles either forward or aft and so are sagging, and the lower set are smaller diameter than the upper. All are sheathed in plastic. I was planning on doing it myself, but wasn't sure of the best way to go about making the change, whether there are upgrades to consider, and what common mistakes I should try to avoid. For instance,I understand that coated wire is no longer recommended. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Al Fidelity 1981 C & C 34 San Francisco Bay = _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, here is a shot om my life lines. http://eastcostlady.blogspot.com/ Here is a short video on the splice. https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#q=brummel+splice&spell=1 On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM, <honeys...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > > Al > > Just go to Defender Marine (defender.com) and buy a lifeline kit. It will > come with everything that you need to replace the wire. Use bare s/s wire > and the coated stuff. > > Jack Fitzgerald > HONEY - US12788 > C&C 39 TM > > In a message dated 8/29/2013 11:01:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > aserrat...@yahoo.com writes: > > I recently purchased a 1981 C & C 34 and would like to replace the > lifelines, which are looking pretty much the worse for wear. The upper > forward lines don't have turnbuckles either forward or aft and so are > sagging, and the lower set are smaller diameter than the upper. All are > sheathed in plastic. > > > I was planning on doing it myself, but wasn't sure of the best way to go > about making the change, whether there are upgrades to consider, and what > common mistakes I should try to avoid. For instance,I understand that > coated wire is no longer recommended. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Al > *Fidelity* > 1981 C & C 34 > San Francisco Bay > > = > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- ?Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.? - Nicholas Monsarrat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Good luck and keep us posted on the new to you boat... > Congratulations on a great purchase.. > Cheers, > > here is a shot om my life lines. http://eastcostlady.blogspot.com/ > > Here is a short video on the > splice.https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#q=brummel+splice&spell=1 > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM, <honeys...@aol.com> wrote: >> >> Al >> >> Just go to Defender Marine (defender.com) and buy a lifeline kit. It will >> come with everything that you need to replace the wire. Use bare s/s wire >> and the coated stuff. >> >> Jack Fitzgerald >> HONEY - US12788 >> C&C 39 TM >> >> In a message dated 8/29/2013 11:01:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> aserrat...@yahoo.com writes: >>> I recently purchased a 1981 C & C 34 and would like to replace the >>> lifelines, which are looking pretty much the worse for wear. The upper >>> forward lines don't have turnbuckles either forward or aft and so are >>> sagging, and the lower set are smaller diameter than the upper. All are >>> sheathed in plastic. >>> >>> I was planning on doing it myself, but wasn't sure of the best way to go >>> about making the change, whether there are upgrades to consider, and what >>> common mistakes I should try to avoid. 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