Jim,
Dyneema degrades with UV exposure and its life has become hard to
predict. The vinyl coating on Stainless Steel wire makes it difficult
to inspect for corrosion. I have been looking at replacing the
lifelines on our 35-3. I am still thinking about vinyl coated, but we
are in fresh water and have a few less corrosion issues. I may go
uncoated, but if we do we will add cusioned covers around the cockpit.
I replaced the lifelines on our Redwing 35 (35-1) with vinyl coated.
The lifelines that I took off were nearly 30 years old. The replacement
lines were over 15 years old when we broke the boat. They still looked new.
Neil Schiller
1983 C&C 35-3, #028, "Grace"
Whitehall, Michigan
WLYC
On 5/13/2019 6:51 AM, James Hesketh via CnC-List wrote:
Joe wrote:
AFAIK dyneema is no longer legal for lifeline use. I used bare
stainless.
Question:
Joe is saying Dyneema is not legal for lifelines, and someone earlier
stated vinyl covered stainless were no longer allowed (or some wording
like that).
Who is making these rules? Is it racing regulations, boating laws
somewhere, insurance regulations?
And what is the problem with the vinyl covered stainless and dyneema?
TIA
Jim Hesketh
Whisper C&C 26
Miami, FL
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