Here are a few photos of the
dyneema lifelines I cobbled together.
Starting at the bow I made a short line with an eyesplice at each end. Both eyes are sized for the thimble so, interchangeable. Luggage tagged through the welded attaching point but around the pulpit frame. This puts the dead eye lashing at an easy point to adjust.
The top lifeline has thimbles spliced in on both ends. One end holds the line tight at the stancion, the other at the dead eye.
The bottom is luggage tagged to the stancion to terminate one end and attached to dead eye near the bow. Plenty of adjustment room for that part.
The gate is luggage tagged to the top line termination eye at one end and spliced to the Johnson terminal to screw into the pelican hook which gives adjustment to the gate.
I served the gate splices so the splice wouldn't
work loose when the gate was open and there was no tension on the splices.
I've been beating and abusing these lines since I've put them on. No signs of wear.
I expect to hear some comments about how I've done it all wrong, hell sailorboy1 can't even say how much
money he spends without someone saying he's doing it wrong. Haters gonna hate.
I'm happy with the simplicity of the install; reusable
parts, dead easy
installation, a knife and splicing tool are all that's required.
By the way I'm planning on replacing my standing
rigging with synthetic so this was just a test
bed. So far, so good.
Anyone that would like more info PM me or reply to this thread, once I get back to
internet I'll respond.
goat