Safety netting

[jorgefife]

I have just bought 2 sets of 10 feet of safety nets
The instructions are very poor: does anyone have suggestions on how to install them?
Do I use small electrical tie plastic wires to tie the bottom piece to the toe rail?
And what abot the top?
Do I thread the lifeline through the netting, or use the same method?
Looked for boats where I could copy from, but only found one, using the method I first described
Any help will help!

 

[David in Sandusky]

Lifelines

Ours were rigged as you described from the bow pulpit to the stern rail. The top lifeline was run through it, and plastic ties held it to the toerail.

We removed it the second summer we had the boat, and strung a second lifeline halfway to the deck from the first. We have been happy with this setup with pets and grandchildren ever since.

 

[jorgefife]

David,
Thanks for repplying
I understand the first part of your message, but am confused about the latter part "strung a second lifeline halfway to the deck from the first"
By the way, mine will only go more or less to the third stanchion, yours go all the way to the stern
Please explain what you mean, because I want to do it well
Thanks

 

[Ed Schenck]

We bought them, started to install them, did not like the look, and discarded them. They were principally for the dog but the leash is more than sufficient for that. The grandchildren grew up so fast it was just easier to keep them in the cockpit(with their PFDs). They could go forward with an adult.

Sounds like David's H27 only had the single top lifeline. Yours, like mine, should have two lifelines, at top of stanchion and through the middle.

 

[jorgefife]

Safety nets

We bought them, started to install them, did not like the look, and discarded them. They were principally for the dog but the leash is more than sufficient for that. The grandchildren grew up so fast it was just easier to keep them in the cockpit(with their PFDs). They could go forward with an adult.

Sounds like David's H27 only had the single top lifeline. Yours, like mine, should have two lifelines, at top of stanchion and through the middle.

Good to hear from you Ed!
So I should thread the top part of the netting through the top stanchion, then do the same with the lower lifeline (thread through the net), and then at the bottom, tie to toe rail
Does that sound like the correct way?
There is no other boat around with netting, and instruction are very poor
Thanks
Jorge

 

[Ed Schenck]

You could do it that way Jorge. Or just do the top lifeline and then the toerail. Then see if it is really necessary to weave the mid-lifeline through the netting. I suppose it would make the netting a little more secure. And why are you doing this?

 

[jorgefife]

I will only weave the top through the lefeline at the top and the bottom at the toe rail as suggested; the reason I am doing is because everytime I go sailing I have a problem keeping the jib on the deck
You see, I have a 150% jib that was originally for a roller furler, but was converted to a hanks on jib; since I am new at this, I wanted to really feel the joy of struggling, I suppose it is all part of sailing
I have now sailed 4 times in my own boat, and did quite a few nice things to the boat, such as the cedar panels inside, new sunbrella cushions for the cockpit, did the packing on the prop shaft, installed 4 fire extinguishers, and will now be converting an ice box into a fridge
Also bought for $ 90.00 a water heater
I found at the salvage yard a sea hood which fits perfectly.
Next I will change the elecrical panel to the area just above the quarte back,port side, right at the back, right against the bulkhead on port side; a much better place, quite a job bending down so much
But am enjoying myself enormously, and being stupid at the same time: last week, on a windy day, took my son out and we were the only ones out there, with choppy seas and windy, trying to raise the jib, unsussessfully.
Why? Because we were not pointing the bow into the wind, as you are supposed
But still learning, boat handles well anyway, got back a little shaken, and worried because I did not show respect for the sea.
Will do better next time!

 

[Ed Schenck]

That is too much sail Jorge. Especially since you are still learning. And also because it is hanked-on and needs to be hauled up in the breeze. A large jib is much easier to handle with a furler obviously. Good to see that you had a lesson in respect of mother nature.

 

[gray_penguin]

we have ours threaded through the top and lower life lines and zip-tied to the toe rail.

 

[jorgefife]

Great picture of the dolphin swimming next to your boat ( you have the same model)
Are those tie plastic wires at the top?
I know you said they are threaded at the top, but I see pieces sticking out, which seem the ends of tie wires
I want to do this right, but the picture helps
Thanks

 

[gray_penguin]

Great picture of the dolphin swimming next to your boat ( you have the same model)
Are those tie plastic wires at the top?
I know you said they are threaded at the top, but I see pieces sticking out, which seem the ends of tie wires
I want to do this right, but the picture helps
Thanks

That was on our trip up the ICW from Savannah Ga to Wilmington NC. We had TONS of dolphins all along the way. They were a little annoying at times because they would swim up under us and freak out the depth sounder we would be going along showing 10 ft of water then all of a sudden it would show 5 feet or less Which is impossible because we draft 5' 3" but still, we were running blind until they went away and the depth sounder stopped freaking out.

Back to subject: those are pieces of netting string sticking up. the only ties are to the toe rail. I found that netting on Ebay from a guy in Cali. its the only one I saw that had square shaped holes instead of the diamond shape.
I purchased 2-30' and 1-10' sections but ended up not using the 10' section. the 30' ones fit nicely on each side.

WindDragon