In article ,
DSK wrote:

If your lifelines and stanchions are not strong enough to hold up a fender,
or to be leaned against, then how are they going to be strong enough to keep
you on the boat when you really need them?

They won't be strong enough after 100s or 1000s of cycles of 100s or
1000s of lbs being applied. As mentioned earlier, a stanchion base is
fine, a lifeline is not.



-Sven