[Public-List] Life lines

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

I reckon the issue isn't so much how strong the life lines are, but how
strong some part of them might be and whether or not it's deterioration is
noticed.  One is much less likely to have an accident if life lines are both
well maintained, and treated with respect.

Gord 
Surprise 426


On 09/07/14 4:15 PM, "Stephen Gwyn via Public-List"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> 
> It seems to me that if the life lines can't take the strain
> of someone leaning on them, they aren't really much of a
> safety feature. I also regularly use my stanchions as handholds
> while docking or heaving myself into the boat from the dinghy.
> If the life line system (pulpit+pushpit+stanchions+line) can't
> take low loads like that, they aren't going to be much use
> when I fall on them. Better to fail at the dock.
> 
> Leaning on them like this *might* cause the seal between
> the stanchion base and the deck to fail earlier, but that
> should only let water into the boat, not into the core.
> All those 1/4" fastener holes in the deck should
> be drilled out to 1/2", the core removed for another 1/2"
> around that hole, and then filled with epoxy, before
> redrilling the hole. Epoxy bonds just fine to polyester.
> (New polyester doesn't bond to old epoxy, however).
> 
> Of course the one step you can take to reduce your
> chances of drowning while boating by 50% is to
> refrain from peeing over the side.
> 
> SG
> 
> 
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