DSK wrote:

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.

I was planning on keeping the pulpit (and it does need remounting).


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 ...

That's a very good point. :-) Since I was planning to plug the holes with
bolts rather than glass over, maybe U-bolts of the right width would be a
better idea.


... or secure spring lines?

My feeling is that I'd rather use cleats for that - there are four around
the cockpit (two at the quarters, two mid-way along the sides), but only one
in the middle of the foredeck.


Drying towels & other laundry?

Unlikely. I'd rig a line if I needed to do that.


Clamping a tent cover onto?

A sheet of material described as a 'boom tent' came with the boat, but I
don't know how it attaches to the sides. I dare say I could find something
to tie it to if I ever wanted to use it.


Those are
the usual functions, since lifelines as commonly installed are next
to useless for preventing crew overboard.

I think I can find alternative ways of fulfilling those functions - my
concern was more about whether safety would be compromised.


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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:52:06 +1000, The Captains Nemesis wrote this
crap:

On 21 Oct 2003 23:44:44 GMT, Horvath wrote:

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:14:04 GMT, "Wally" wrote
this crap:

No stove. No hot stuff to put in cups. No cups. Ergo, no need for
cupholders.

What about for the beer?

You drink beer from a cup.....how quaint.

Can, bottle, glass, brown paper bag. Whatever I can get.


Hero@Horvath

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on women, porn, booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

Well, do you need them to hang fenders from ...


Wally wrote:
That's a very good point. :-) Since I was planning to plug the holes with
bolts rather than glass over, maybe U-bolts of the right width would be a
better idea.

If the holes have been compromised in some way, leakage or excessive flexing, or
even just a lot of freeze/thaw cycles, then you're better off taking out the old
laminate edge and filling them all with new fiberglass. Then you can put in
U-bolts (bad idea) or padeyes or whatever, with secure knowledge that this
important structural part of your boat is sound.




Those are
the usual functions, since lifelines as commonly installed are next
to useless for preventing crew overboard.

I think I can find alternative ways of fulfilling those functions - my
concern was more about whether safety would be compromised.

Well, everything on a boat does a lot of different stuff. Part of what makes it
fun. If you have no other use for lifelines, they are mostly in the way (and the
smaller the boat the more so), then ditch 'em. Reduce weight, reduce windage,
reduce maintenance, and you can sell the parts.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

Amatuer.... I went from the breast to the bottle. That trauma alone
was
enough to restrict further excursions.

Hmmm. Maybe you should go back to the breast then...

LP ;-)

There are worse things I guess..

"Pockets of Resistance" wrote in message
...
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.

In his slip?

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:39:17 -0700, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote:

You use cupholds at the bow?


He likes to drink tea when throwing up.

BB

"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

"Lady Pilot" wrote in message

| Hmmm. Maybe you should go back to the breast then...
|
| LP ;-)

I'm looking for a pair labeled Rum & Beer.....

CM