Upgrades every year! At some point it's got to be worth more than a 0.x version number...
Tim > On Apr 30, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Jake Brodersen <captain_j...@cox.net> wrote: > > 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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