[Alberg30] lifelines, shrouds, and ballast

[Robert Kirk]

At 07:02 AM 7/29/02 -0400, J Bergquist wrote:
>When I had my boat surveyed before purchase, the surveyor (Fred 
>Hecklinger) told me it was a problem that my lifelines are not secured to 
>the upper shrouds. He said that the unsupported span of the lifelines was 
>too great between the stanchions forward and aft of the shrouds and that 
>they should be secured to the uppers. I have no stanchions in way of the 
>shrouds, and I assume the rest of you also have none. I (not really 
>knowing anything about this particular nuance) simply assumed he knew what 
>he was talking about.
>
>So I went to Bacon's to ask if there was any kind of hardware that I could 
>buy for securing my lifelines to the uppers, and they looked at me like I 
>was from Mars and said my surveyor was full of baloney.
>
>This is fine and good, but my insurance company thinks the surveyor is on 
>his rocker and that I should be doing something about this. Can any of you 
>verify yes/no whether your lifelines are secured to your uppers, how great 
>is your unsupported span between stanchions forward and aft of the 
>shrouds, and if this is a problem, or if it was just my surveyor being 
>overly anal retentive. [...]


My lifelines were secured to the shrouds by that fancy kind of whipping 
whose name I don't remember, but is the kind usually seen wrapped around 
steering wheels. It's simple and strong, though I'm not sure how necessary. 
The only problem is that you have to cut it away each time you unstep the 
mast. It does take some sag out of the lifelines, but remember George 
Dinwiddie's advice and not to rely on the lifelines for real security.

Bob Kirk
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