Bobsprit wrote:
Fitting 18 bolts
with a squirt of sealer on each one is the easiest way to deal with
it at present.

Stand by for the next installment of "Wally's This Ruined Old Boat."

Hey, it's a 'project'.


--
Wally
www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com
Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light.

Stand by for the next installment of "Wally's This Ruined Old Boat."

Hey, it's a 'project'.

Don't get sensitive! It's all in jest. But don't underestimate important
stuff...like spreaders and keel bolts...and lights!

RB

Bobsprit wrote:

Stand by for the next installment of "Wally's This Ruined Old Boat."

Hey, it's a 'project'.

Don't get sensitive!

I'm not.

It's all in jest.

I know. When I said 'project', I should have said 'keel-up restoration
project'. When I bought it, it wasn't completely tatty and worn - some bits
were missing. :-)


But don't underestimate
important stuff...like spreaders and keel bolts...and lights!

Two out of three ain't bad...


--
Wally
www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com
Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light.

Take em off Wally, you'll never miss em.

Scotty

"Wally" wrote in message
...
Bobsprit wrote:

Stand by for the next installment of "Wally's This Ruined Old Boat."

Hey, it's a 'project'.

Don't get sensitive!

I'm not.

It's all in jest.

I know. When I said 'project', I should have said 'keel-up restoration
project'. When I bought it, it wasn't completely tatty and worn - some
bits
were missing. :-)


But don't underestimate
important stuff...like spreaders and keel bolts...and lights!

Two out of three ain't bad...


--
Wally
www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com
Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light.

Scott Vernon wrote:

Take em off Wally, you'll never miss em.

Methinks this is what will be happening.


--
Wally
www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com
Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light.

Stop wasting time thinking. I told you to remove them!!!!!

SV

"Wally" wrote in message
...
Scott Vernon wrote:

Take em off Wally, you'll never miss em.

Methinks this is what will be happening.


--
Wally
www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com
Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light.

You use cupholds at the bow?

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
I would say not very necessary. Mostly, they give you a false
sense of security at best. At worst, they're a hazard. On bigger
boats, when you're going up to the front a lot, I can justify them
I suppose.

Still, after all the dumb comments and useless advice, I have to step up
to the
plate and offer the only valid statements.
Lifelines are a must and this is why...
You can hang cupholders from them.

Capt RB

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

You use cupholds at the bow?



Well Jon, you have too apply a little reason here. Consider that
Boobsies boat
is slip bound. Now if you're sitting on the dock by the bow, with
hibachi set
up grilling huge fat dripping polish sausages, (sort of a tail gate
party with
a marine motif), what more logical place for the cup holders? Except
that they
are not to hold cups but rather beer steins.

Cheers
Marty

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:04:07 -0400, Martin Baxter
wrote:

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

You use cupholds at the bow?



Well Jon, you have too apply a little reason here. Consider that
Boobsies boat
is slip bound. Now if you're sitting on the dock by the bow, with
hibachi set
up grilling huge fat dripping polish sausages, (sort of a tail gate
party with
a marine motif), what more logical place for the cup holders? Except
that they
are not to hold cups but rather beer steins.

Actually, that doesn't sound too bad to me.

Wally wrote:

How neccessary are lifelines on a small boat like my 18-footer?

It depends

.... They don't
seem very functional to me - they barely reach knee height, there's no deck
to speak of along the sides of the coachroof, and they come down to the
sides around the cockpit - there's no pushpit, only a pulpit, and the most
aft stanchion is level with the back of the cabin.


That's true on most small cruisers. It makes slightly more sense to have
lifelines on a raised deck small boat.

It makes no sense whatever to have lifelines strung on stanchions that are too
weak to hold a person on deck if they fall heavily against the lifelines. But
it's a fairly common weakness.

My advice FWIW would be to take off the lifelines & stanchions, fiberglass over
the holes properly, and remount the bow pulpit properly. A bow pulpit can be a
godsend. Much more useful than the usual lifelines.



Before I make the final decision to remove them, is there anything I'm
missing about their function, such that removal would be a mistake?

Well, do you need them to hang fenders from or secure spring lines? Drying
towels & other laundry? Clamping a tent cover onto? Those are the usual
functions, since lifelines as commonly installed are next to useless for
preventing crew overboard. It sounds to me like you'd be better off removing
what you've got, fiberglass over, and if you decide you want them back, start
over from scratch.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King