Barbara, you'll need to add gate braces to the stanchions to support them against the fore / aft tension you'll create to make the gate openable. Some boats (including mine) do not close the gate at the lower lifeline; make a choice based on your use of boat / crew.
Regards, Tim Mojito C&C 35-4 Branford, CT > On Apr 30, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Robert Boyer via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > West Marine's rigging shop can do it all for you and they do a nice job of it. > > Bob > >> On Apr 30, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Barbara Hickson Fellers via CnC-List wrote: >> >> 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: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> 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 > > Bob Boyer > S/V Rainy Days (1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230) > email: dainyr...@icloud.com > blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com > > "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply > messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > 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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