Posted by williedoylemom (williedoylemom@…>)
I too covered the lifelines with noodles and made covers out of
Sunbrella as I did not like the color of storebought “cozy
cushions.” I did, however, find that the wire cut through the
noodles in short order. I went through many taping trials before I
finally came up with something that kept the wire from slicing
through the light weight noodle material. (I wonder if vinyl coated
wire would cut through as easiliy) How clever to think of thin PVC
piping. I shall try that with the new boat. Faith
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Herman and Gail Schiller
<schiller@…> wrote:
I’ve done something similar to what’s being discussed. However, I
used 1/2" CPVC pipe (it has a thinner wall, hence is narrower),
foam
plumbing pipe insulation, and covered the whole shebang with a
tube/sleeve of acrylic canvas (Sunbrella) with little hems at each
end through which a string is pulled to tighten up the end of the
fabric sleeve. Effectively, I’ve recreated the lifeline cushion
shown
on page 239 of the new Defender catalog. HermAt 06:08 PM 2/21/2006, you wrote:
An easier way to protect the pool noodle is to wrap some of that
cable
loom or spiral wrap material around the lifeline. It’s a bit
pricier
than PVC but you won’t need to cut anything.— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “johncd3141” <johncd@>
wrote:My experience with using pool noodles on lifelines as cushions
is
that the thin lifeline wire quickly cuts its way out of the
foam.
On my second attempt I found some small diameter PVC pipe to
use as
an inner core. I cut a slot in the PVC pipe with a table saw
using a
fine tooth, thin kerf blade just peeking out of the table
(~3/16")
with a fence on both side of the pipe. The slotted pipe snapped
around the lifeline wire and a strip of duct tape closed the
gap. My
pool noodles had a 1/2" hollow core (which matched my PVC
pipe’s OD),
so I a cut a slot length-wise from the outside to the core
using a
serrated bread knife and slipped the noodle over the PVP pipe
already
on the lifeline. A spiral wrap of tape secured the new lifeline
cushion as well as providing some UV protection. If/when the
pool
noodles wear out, replacing them on the PVC cores will be a
simple
and easy task.— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, bill weber
<billpeggyweber@> wrote:I thought I was the only genious using noodles as lifeline
cushions. OH well’‘’’Skip Turpin <skipperf33@> wrote: Dave makes a good point
about the over all age of fittings! It is
hard to put a price on piece of mind!Skip
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Dave_Benjamin”
<dave_benjamin@> wrote:Assuming the new lifelines will last at least 10-15 years
how
comfortable will you be in 10 years with 30 year old
hardware?I agree with skipping the vinyl covering. I’d consider
hanging
some
of
those closed cell foam swim noodles that are sold as pool
toys
on
the
lifelines. You could just attach them with tie wraps so
they
could
be
removed seasonally. Even if the tie warp fails due to UV
exposure
which they will if left out, you’re only out 4 bucks for
the
pool
toy. Plus if you’ve got kids they’ll use the noodles when
playing in
the water. Just let them dry out before putting them back
on the
lifelines.I’m about to replace the lifelines on my F36. They
look to be
original equipment and, therefore, 20 years old. The
uppers are
3/16"
and the lowers are 1/8". Both are vinyl covered and the
uppers
had
a
second covering of vinyl snapped over them.Can anyone comment on the wisdom of reusing the
turnbuckles and
other hardware? Also should we forgo the vinyl covering?Bill
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