Gallf1
Well-Known Member
- Sep 26, 2018
- 316
- Boat Info
- 2000 Searay 380
- Engines
- Mercruiser 454 MAG MPI 7.4L
Custom Forward Hardtop
Whaly 270 Hard Dinghy, 4hp Honda
Bahamas Veteran
Was tired of looking at the rust stained white PVC jacketed lower lifelines so I decided to upgrade.
Took down old lifelines and measured pin to pin overall length. Realizing the aft turnbuckles were redundant I took them out of my measurement for the new ones.
I made new ones out of .316 1x19 Stainless wire rigging. On the aft end I had swaged on a toggle jaw and on the forward end a 1/4-28 threaded stud (and re-used stainless turnbuckle).
In one of my former lives I was a marine surveyor/sailboat rigger and I remembered the superior holding and finish of a rotary swage vs a hand cranked swage so I specified rotary swaging.
Boat looks updated and being this is .316 all around, I will never have to replace again.
![IMG_2200[3469].JPG](http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php?attachments/img_2200-3469-jpg.118438/ "IMG_2200[3469].JPG")
![IMG_2201[3468].JPG](http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php?attachments/img_2201-3468-jpg.118439/ "IMG_2201[3468].JPG")
Took down old lifelines and measured pin to pin overall length. Realizing the aft turnbuckles were redundant I took them out of my measurement for the new ones.
I made new ones out of .316 1x19 Stainless wire rigging. On the aft end I had swaged on a toggle jaw and on the forward end a 1/4-28 threaded stud (and re-used stainless turnbuckle).
In one of my former lives I was a marine surveyor/sailboat rigger and I remembered the superior holding and finish of a rotary swage vs a hand cranked swage so I specified rotary swaging.
Boat looks updated and being this is .316 all around, I will never have to replace again.
