[C320-list] Life Lines, removing plastic covering

[Danny Jensen]

I took Allen’s advice and got my lifelines in stainless and I added a forward gate to launch my dingy.  It was $700 including labor and I was able to reuse the action part of the pelican hooks.
Danny
972

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> On Aug 9, 2018, at 6:40 PM, Allan S. Field <allan.field at verizon.net> wrote:
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> A few things to consider.  Catalina no longer ships boats with vinyl coated lifelines.  You can get the vinyl sparkling clean but you have no idea what is going on under the vinyl.  For these  reasons alone, we changed out the lifelines on both of our Catalinas.  And the natural look is so much cleaner!
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> Allan S. Field
> allan.field at verizon.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Thompson <edthompson3 at outlook.com>
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2018 4:20 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Life Lines, removing plastic covering
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> I recently cleaned our lifelines using acetone on a terrycloth rag. It’s harsh but it worked very well. Our boat is a 2000 model year with the original lifelines and they now look almost like new!
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>> On Aug 9, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Richard Walker <dickwalker at att.net> wrote:
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>> WindWalker II is 19 years old and we find the covered life lines to be easily cleaned with a "Mister Clean Magic Eraser".
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>> Dick Walker
>> WindWalker II 
>> 740 Olive Ave.
>> Coronado, CA 92118
>> 619.435.8986
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hare
>> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2018 10:03 AM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Life Lines, removing plastic covering
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>> My suspicion is that you might not be happy with the result of removing the covering.  We simply replaced them with bare SS lifelines and like the look better.  We used Suncor quick connects.  They work fine but are a bit more money and a bit bulkier.  The upside is that you can easily do that job without buying/renting a high quality cable crimper.
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>> First, the wire inside is much thinner than the normal bare SS wire used for lifelines typically is.  Once you remove the coating, you'll be grabbing onto much thinner wire which might not be very comfortable or provide acceptable grip.  Don't know whether it was passivated, or intended to be exposed to weather.  You might need to passivate it after removing the cover to prevent it from rusting a lot.
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>> -Jeff Hare 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of islgirl3 at aol.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 8:53 AM
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Life Lines, removing plastic covering
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>> Has anyone remove the plastic covering on the life lines?  If so any down side, tips etc?
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>> 
>> Rich Nuzzolo
>> Barbara Rita 897
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