Tips on installing ratlines...

Salacia · 24-06-2005, 15:34

Hello all,

We'll be spending much of next year in the tropics. I want to be able to easily get up from the deck to spot the coral better.

My plan is to install ratlines on my mast shrouds. I have wire rope shrouds.

I've tried using wooden rungs and attaching them by wrapping thin cord using various patterns.

But, so far, I cannot get the steps to stay in place with my weight. They keep slipping down!

Can anybody can suggest some ideas that have worked for them?

Mark
s/v Salacia
www.salacia.ca

delmarrey · 25-06-2005, 04:45

The thing you don't want, which I'm sure your aware of, is not to damage the wires. There are cable clamps that are disigned to clamp around a pair of wires for making temorary loops and such. You might try to pick up some of those and just put in a placebo dowell in the other side.

Or http://www.apachesales.com/product_detail.asp?pid=12810

boredinthecity · 25-06-2005, 14:30

An SSCA Post advises
"The Rigger's Locker" by Brion Toss has a good chapter on rigging ratlines."
Paul

ozskip · 26-06-2005, 10:09

One way i have in stalled them in the past is to have two wooden rungs that bolt together with the shroulds passing through the two that then bolted together a bolt each side of the shrould that passes through in a groove in the rungs.To lash them on you must do a whipping down the shrould of at least 12 inches be for you start lashing them.In oz we call it jacob's ladder. A word of warning you must cover the ends of these or they will wreck your sails in no time flat a tennis ball works well. Greg

CaptainJeff · 01-07-2005, 00:37

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24-06-2005, 15:34	#1
Salacia Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Victoria. BC Posts: 16	Tips on installing ratlines... Hello all, We'll be spending much of next year in the tropics. I want to be able to easily get up from the deck to spot the coral better. My plan is to install ratlines on my mast shrouds. I have wire rope shrouds. I've tried using wooden rungs and attaching them by wrapping thin cord using various patterns. But, so far, I cannot get the steps to stay in place with my weight. They keep slipping down! Can anybody can suggest some ideas that have worked for them? Mark s/v Salacia www.salacia.ca

01-07-2005, 00:37	#5
CaptainJeff Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 454	Here, Oz, you dropped something… . , ; . . , . , ? . , . __________________ s/y Eagle's Wings— Catalina 30 MkII

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25-06-2005, 04:45	#2
delmarrey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Puget Sound, WA Boat: Choate 40 Posts: 3,456 Images: 115	The thing you don't want, which I'm sure your aware of, is not to damage the wires. There are cable clamps that are disigned to clamp around a pair of wires for making temorary loops and such. You might try to pick up some of those and just put in a placebo dowell in the other side. Or http://www.apachesales.com/product_detail.asp?pid=12810

25-06-2005, 14:30	#3
boredinthecity Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Not at home- gone cruising Posts: 79 Images: 2	An SSCA Post advises "The Rigger's Locker" by Brion Toss has a good chapter on rigging ratlines." Paul

26-06-2005, 10:09	#4
ozskip Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: gippsland/australia Posts: 77	One way i have in stalled them in the past is to have two wooden rungs that bolt together with the shroulds passing through the two that then bolted together a bolt each side of the shrould that passes through in a groove in the rungs.To lash them on you must do a whipping down the shrould of at least 12 inches be for you start lashing them.In oz we call it jacob's ladder. A word of warning you must cover the ends of these or they will wreck your sails in no time flat a tennis ball works well. Greg