[C320-list] You guys are killing me!

[Jon Vez]

Those are the ones I got. The free boat was the clincher....

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On Mar 2, 2013, at 2:38 PM, dprudden <dprudden at comcast.net> wrote:

> They were selling new SS lifelines at the New England Boat Show last weekend. They were more expensive than Allens. The ones I saw fit a 355 but I'm sure you can get other sizes. They cost $220,000, but did include a free boat. 
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> On Mar 2, 2013, at 2:14 PM, "Jon Vez" <jonvez at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> You guys know that once you start putting financial rationale around boating
>> it gets ugly fast :)
>> 
>> Certainly the most expensive SS lifelines I have purchased, but well worth
>> it for me....
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hare
>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 1:54 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] You guys are killing me!
>> 
>> Well.  That's a pretty reasonable price Allan.  Might look into that option
>> too.   :-)
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Allan S Field
>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 10:14 AM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] You guys are killing me!
>> 
>> The rigger at West Marine on Hillsmere in Annapolis made a new set of
>> lifelines last winter for Sea Shadow for $386, using only the old pelican
>> hooks - everything else was new.  No plastic covering!
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
>> wflowe3 at aim.com
>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 9:28 AM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] You guys are killing me!
>> 
>> 
>> Seems like a pretty expensive alternative to just replacing the lines on a
>> C320. Why don't you post the cost of each option so others can be guided by
>> your research. It would probably be clearest to present the cost as a "per
>> foot" of lifeline basis eg. cost of C355 divided by number of feet of life
>> line vs. cost of lifelines alone  on a C320 divided by the number of feet of
>> lifeline.
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com>
>> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Mar 1, 2013 5:28 pm
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] You guys are killing me!
>> 
>> 
>> If you buy a C355, they already have Stainless Lifelines. 
>> 
>> :)  I might be trying that route to getting Stainless Lifelines.  :)
>> 
>> -Jeff
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of pat reynolds
>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 10:55 AM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] You guys are killing me!
>> 
>> We made the switch and wouldn't go back.  Racing rules require them. The
>> stainless are a higher grade than the vinyl covered so make sure you get 316
>> stainless
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com>
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] You guys are killing me!
>> 
>> Chris
>> Do you have a suggested source??
>> Irv Grunes
>> 2001 #851
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> A. From experience, your wife will get used to and learn to prefer the 
>>> stainless lines after you get them...particularly after you explain 
>>> the increased safety aspects and show her boats with dingy, rusty lines.
>>> 
>>> B. When you price them, ask for a quote for a quantity order...I might 
>>> 'spring' for a set also and it appears that there may be others as well.
>>> Chris Burti
>>> Commitment
>>> 2001 C-320 #867
>>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:56 AM, <BairdRJB at aol.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have a mound of snow at the end of my driveway which is at least 8
>> foot
>>>> high.  And my boat gear is lined up in the basement ready for launch.
>>>> YES,
>>>> I am ready for Spring.
>>>> 
>>>> Bob Baird
>>>> Star Dust, 2001, hull 784
>>>> Grand Rapids, Michigan
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> In a message dated 2/28/2013 9:27:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
>>>> dean at vermeire.us writes:
>>>> 
>>>> I'm  sitting here looking out over the mounds of snow and ice, and 
>>>> you are all  talking about sailboats.  Even the guys around the 
>>>> great lakes are  joining in!
>>>> 
>>>> Moonstruck II is in the water (with a bubbler) with a foot  of snow 
>>>> in the cockpit, here in Kansas.  The only upside is that the  lake 
>>>> is 8
>> feet
>>>> below normal, and the snow is helping bring it back up a  bit.
>>>> 
>>>> I guess it sucks to be me right now.  :)
>>>> 
>>>> In the off  season, I've already had the genny reconditioned by
>> SailCare,
>>>> the sheets  cleaned, and the dodger re-sewn.  I am looking at new 
>>>> lifelines and  adding the Garhauer genoa car system.  If I don't get 
>>>> sailing soon,  I'm gonna go broke!
>>>> 
>>>> Spring can't come too soon!
>>>> 
>>>> Dean  Vermeire
>>>> Moonstruck II  (#847)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Chris Burti
>>> Farmville, NC
>> 
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