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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 01/24/2009 :  19:57:44  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
We brought our cockpit lifelines home with us yesterday so Rita can make some repairs to the Sunbrella covers and I could inspect & clean up the cables themselves. Our covers are designed to fit over the top of pre-split foam pipe insulation, but some of the seams are letting go as well as the ends are a bit frayed. The old foam was toast, so we bought new foam pieces & cut them to fit, and discarded the old pieces of foam which had basically disintegrated.

The PO had covered the original covered cables with 1/2" PVC pipe which was also pretty deteriorated. The pipe serves to reduce the pressure on the foam so it last longer (I think). I discarded the 1/2" PVC pipe and replaced it with 3/8" "FlexPex" potable water pipe:

There is a caveat with using this pipe in that it can't be exposed to UV. With the Sunbrella cover over the lifelines, this shouldn't be a problem.

I also noticed that the pelican hooks are sloppier than I'd like. We make a point of never leaning on our lifelines anyway, but I still don't want them to pop open. I've been noodling on a way to keep the hooks completely closed so they don't get a chance to defeat the lock. I considered taping them shut each time we went out, or tying them shut, but I think I've come up with a solution. I found some rubber grommets that fit perfectly over the shanks. When you need to open the gate, slide the grommet off the end, when you're out sailing, slide the grommet up over the gate to keep it closed. I realize the grommet would never prevent the gate from opening, but it will prevent it from being flexed open where the gate has a chance to pop the lock. This may well be specious reasoning, so fire away. Here's what they look like:
David
C-250 Mainsheet Editor


Sirius Lepak
1997 C-250 WK TR #271 --Seattle area Port Captain --
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