Lifelines - Thanks to Knothead

[jrd22]

It was time for new lifelines on Laurie Anne, actually well past time but I knew it was going to be a pain and expensive so I'd been putting it off. I debated different ways to go about it (take them to local riggers (which I haven't had great luck with on other projects), buy the wire and fittings and have the swages done somewhere, etc.) when I thought I would PM Knothead here since I had learned so much from his many posts. I'm really glad I did. Knotty (Steve) walked me through the whole thing and one week from when I mailed the old ones to him I had the new ones in my hands and they fit perfectly. All I had to do was take the old ones off the boat, remove the eyebolts and the pelican hooks for the gates, put them in a flat rate box from the USPS ($10 - no weight limit) and send them off. Steve gave me detailed intstructions on how to disassemble the pieces (eyebolts have loctite on threads so you need to heat before undoing the 5/16" LEFT hand threads, use soft jaws on vice, etc, etc). The whole project couldn't have been easier, and it was very reasonable too. I would highly recommend PM'ing Steve if you have lifelines to do, or any other rigging needs. Thanks again Knotty!

[James S]

Those are the kind of stories we like to here.
I can say from my experience that this forum has helped in a real way, connecting me to real people that have been very helpfull....THANKS CF....Ok ..now wheres the tee-shirts.

[imagine2frolic]

I have a new main arriving this week. My old halyard was swollen & stiff causing me to have to pull the main down, and at times that was tough. I bought dyneema Euro, and tried to splice it with a friend. We were having no luck, and then I remembered Knotty's video. Pulled it up on the computer, and the splice was done in about 15 minutes. The instructions were easy to follow.........i2f

[Minggat]

Missed the video. Can you give us a link? Thanx

[Stillraining]

Great Place..Great People..Great Opportunities for just about anything to happen.

Well done John and Knotty

[knothead]

John, Thanks for the kind words. Customers like you are a joy to work for.

Here is a link to one of my videos on You Tube. I suppose that the others can be found from this one.

[imagine2frolic]

YEP, that's the video we watched.......i2f

[knothead]

Originally Posted by imagine2frolic

I have a new main arriving this week. My old halyard was swollen & stiff causing me to have to pull the main down, and at times that was tough. I bought dyneema Euro, and tried to splice it with a friend. We were having no luck, and then I remembered Knotty's video. Pulled it up on the computer, and the splice was done in about 15 minutes. The instructions were easy to follow.........i2f

Originally Posted by imagine2frolic

YEP, that's the video we watched.......i2f

I wonder if you shouldn't have used the core to core splice on that. (I have a video on that one too)
I'm not really familiar with the construction of dyneema Euro. It's high tech line isn't it?