Tim,
Did you do an upgrade to your boat? I’m not familiar with the C&C 35-4? ;-) Jake Jake Brodersen “Midnight Mistress” C&C 35 Mk-III Hampton VA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Tim Goodyear via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:47 PM To: Robert Boyer; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Barbara Hickson Fellers Subject: Re: Stus-List Quick question re: putting gates in lifelines 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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