Dennis is spot on and his comments are worth many times more than the claimed
$.02. Lifelines are primary safety gear and a very visible component of the
boat; a poor place to save the price of a couple of boxes of beer.
Rich Knowles
Indigo - C&C LF38
Halifax - Nova Scotia
On 2013-02-15, at 21
FYI, for the adventurous, you can make your own hand crimp SS lifelines. I've
made lifelines with both a wrench swage and a Loos hand swage tool. I have the
Loos tool. I got it off eBay for about $60. It sells normally for around
$250-300.
Couple of points here.
1. The cost savings is off
