If so, what's the attachment method, just tie it on all along the top?
What about the bottom, there are some attachment points on the bottom of the stauntions, but not on the pulpit. I was thinking, maybe undo a screw where the pulpit is screwed to the deck at each point, and screw on some sort of small stainless rings.
Sailboat a few slips down from mine has it - the PO put it in. I've thought about it - then went with flexible tethers that connect to the back of life jackets.
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Yea, not sure how you would attach the bottom of the netting. I've seen it done well on boats with notched toe rails.
Probably gives you a false sense of security. I agree with above. Tether the little ones and teach them to swim early.
You could run a line from stanchion base to stanchion base and then run webbing between that and the lifelines. But I too think its not really necessary. Don't let the kiddies go on deck until they're old enough to mange and can swim. Our rule is no transiting topside, out through the bow hatch and butts on deck. Works fine.
My boat had netting when I bought it but it was in disrepair and I cut it off. This is how they did it first they weaved the netting through the upper life lines - Then using clamp on steel eyes (rubber grips on them I cant find them on the web at this point but the boat came with spares) they swagged lower lifelines and again weaved the line through the netting. When I bought the boat I scratched my head and wondered what the heck? is it storage? maybe they put things like buoys in there like a hammock? but with experience comes understanding and even though I cut the netting away (it was pretty dry rotted) I Still have double lifelines with a set run next to the hull. they may have used a kit like this with the bolt ran through eyes before attaching - http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... dkga23I-M0
or Maybe its Magma grill mounts bought from the company because mine are black rubber with stainless steel eyes, but they just clamp on and to me they are just second chance grab lines and THEY WORK on a slippery ramp I went to open the ballast and on my way down grabbed at air and that sucker held me.
I did this too. I used 3/4" PVC pipe with a T on each end, then with a little heat, I bent the pipe at the ends to sit square for a bottom runner.. I then wove my own netting.. Very Salty Looking Mine was not for personal safety, it was to hold the hank on jib , on the fore deck while I messed with it getting it down.. etc etc.. To fit the T's over the angled Bow Rail Stantions I cut out a small slit and POPPED them on and held them in place with small SS hose clamps.. I too feel our boats are to small , too small a deck surface , to have people that far forward when moving under sail or more than just a couple MPH under power..
I was going to add - they can LOOK out the forward hatch, but their feetsies HAVE to be in the hatch.
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mastreb wrote:You could run a line from stanchion base to stanchion base and then run webbing between that and the lifelines. But I too think its not really necessary. Don't let the kiddies go on deck until they're old enough to mange and can swim. Our rule is no transiting topside, out through the bow hatch and butts on deck. Works fine.
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