Both are to weak to hold you Bob if you fall.


Joe doesn't know that lines are replacing SS on many boats. How would
he know this and how could he comment on a real sailing thread?

RB
35s5
NY

Oh I've seen line on the stanchions on plastic boats all the time, and
Ive seen the stanchions bent on most boats and mushy glass under the
stanchions, cheap ass pelican hook clasps ect bubbles. With a lite
weight day sailor like yours you would be better off with no lifelines,
they are so low that you are just going to be tripped up when you fly
overboard. I could rip a life line stanchion off any Bentatoe with one
arm tied behind my back.

Joe

Oh I've seen line on the stanchions on plastic boats all the time


Raffles Lite, the 67 foot teak schooner, has line and she's 300 times
the boat you own. So clearly, once again, you have no idea of what
you're talking about.

Oh I've seen line on the stanchions on plastic boats all the time,
and
Ive seen the stanchions bent on most boats and mushy glass under the
stanchions

Joe sure knows boats. Are you sure the 35s5 stanchions aren't anchored
to the toe rail as with the C&C 32???

Uh oh. More bad light for Joe!


RB
35s5
NY

Oh let me correct that then....mushy toerails....even pearson 41's
suffer from water intrusion via the stancions and we all know the P41
is 3X the boat your daysailor is. It a problem all glass boats sugger
from, you can look the other way all you want bubbles.

Joe

Joe wrote:
Oh let me correct that then....mushy toerails....even pearson 41's
suffer from water intrusion via the stancions and we all know the P41
is 3X the boat your daysailor is. It a problem all glass boats sugger
from, you can look the other way all you want bubbles.


??

How does fiberglass get "mushy" Joe? Maybe it's being eaten
by fiberglass worms? Attacked by mutant polyester rust spores?

If you check into it, you'll find that any fiberglass boat
with "mushy toerails" or flexing lifeline stanchion mounts
has probably got core damage (and this area shouldn't have
been cored in the first place). It's primarily a maintenance
issue... why weren't the stanchion feet re-bedded every few
years? ... and secondarily a build quality issue- the core
should have been tapered down to a solid glass laminate
where the any deck hardware is thru-bolted.


LLoyd Bonafide wrote:
Tubular handrails affect the sailing characteristics of the boat. Why would
anyone want them?


As opposed to what, square handrails? I-beam handrails?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"DSK" wrote in message

LLoyd Bonafide wrote:
Tubular handrails affect the sailing characteristics of the boat. Why
would anyone want them?


As opposed to what, square handrails? I-beam handrails?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


As opposed to the other types of handrails mentioned in the original
conversation. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.

Lloyd