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MrKawfey
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Initially Posted - 06/02/2013 : 09:21:27

So this year will be the first year we will be taking our son out on the boat.

Last year I bought some safety netting to run around the stanchions and lifelines (like some other boats in our club) but realized I have no way to anchor the bottom of the net. Everyone else who uses these has a toe-rail with holes to tie the net to.

Has anyone here installed netting like this and if so can you offer some ideas on how to do it?

Our boat is an '84 so it has the genoa track outside the stanchions the length of the deck.

One idea I had was to run a length of nylon webbing around the perimeter of the deck, woven through the netting base, and then tension it with a ratchet strap buckle.

Also, if anyone has added the netting to your boat, how do you run the jib sheets and blocks?

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Chris
Sacandaga Lake, NY
1984 C25 SRSK
"Les's Moor"

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awetmore
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Response Posted - 06/02/2013 : 22:35:00

My Pearson came with such netting and doesn't have a perforated toe rail (it has a solid teak one, which functionally is the same as on a Catalina, but requires more maintenance).

They had run larger line along the bottom of the stern pulpit and stanchions under high tension. The netting was secured to this with another line.

I don't know how the previous owners sailed my boat with the netting there, it also made it impossible to properly use the winches.

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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 06/03/2013 : 03:39:22

LOVE the picture! Use the reinforcing loops at the base of each stanchion to keep the line down, and use a perimeter line as you mentioned. Should work great. Anyone ever try using a tether as addiitonal security for a child?

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MrKawfey
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Response Posted - 06/03/2013 : 11:21:37

Thanks for the feedback, I think I am going to rig it up like that and see what happens. Sometimes it's just not worth it to spend tons of time planning, sometimes it's easier just to try it and see what happens. The goal is to get a full 360 degrees of coverage around the boat. The bow pulpit with the roller furling will be interesting and figuring out the lifeline gates will take some doing too. I am surprised that there is so little information out there (including this site) on how to do this modification.

Anyone know of cheap clips that attach to the t-track?

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John P
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Response Posted - 04/17/2014 : 11:48:18

I am resurrecting this post, as I am curious how it turned out. I am hoping to get my '84 back in the water this year after an 8 year hiatus and 2 new kids (2 and 5).

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MrKawfey
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Response Posted - 04/21/2014 : 11:36:38

Well, not much to report. We had another baby which further diminished my ability to finish projects or get out and sail. As of right now I found a supplier on Amazon that had 1 inch webbing in white that was the right thickness and I bought 100 feet. I had already purchased the netting.

So the plan, at least for the moment, is to rig it this summer while it's on the trailer. Along with other projects. I intend to snake the webbing through the stantions and use the buckle from a ratchet strap to tension it. I will have to play around with the openings and Iwish that the forestay and furler were up, but we'll do our best.

I still have yet to get any good info on how to deal with the genny and sheets.

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 04/21/2014 : 17:31:08

From a purely philosophical point of view, safety netting could well be like the Emperor's New Clothes, and a placebo. We raised two kids on our boats and both are still alive without the netting.

Your boat, your choice, but I've found it's more of a visual distraction and won't stop anyone going overboard.

The concept should simply be to teach the little ones how to NOT get in a position where they could go off. Like: one hand for yourself, one for the ship; tethers if they don't listen, more "parenting" if they don't listen to you...

I know some may completely disagree with me on this, but those are the two options.

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John P
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Response Posted - 04/21/2014 : 17:39:57

growing up on sail and power boats, I agree totally....

Unfortunately, the admiral did not grow up on the water, so I find myself having to appease her as well. Time will tell.

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MrKawfey
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Response Posted - 04/21/2014 : 18:06:55

Sigh...I happen to agree as well...but, just like John, the admiral is calling the shots on this one. Hopefully after a summer of me and the 3 year old on the sunfish she will relax a bit.

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MrKawfey
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Response Posted - 04/21/2014 : 18:08:14

Oh yeah, I haven't mentioned the sunfish to the admiral yet...

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MrKawfey
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Response Posted - 04/21/2014 : 18:11:48

Oh yeah, I haven't mentioned the sunfish to the admiral yet...

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MrKawfey
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Response Posted - 04/21/2014 : 18:18:01

Oh yeah, I haven't mentioned the sunfish to the admiral yet...

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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 04/22/2014 : 05:19:43

ive got some netting i never installed. ADM wanted it on the boat, but when I got around to installing I found I'd rather go sailing than the work, so I never put it on. kids are used to boat, although she hold her breath whenever they move. anyone want to buy it? I think I have 60 ft, have to measure.

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John P
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Response Posted - 04/22/2014 : 05:32:45

I might be interested....What is the color, length,height and opening size?

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 04/22/2014 : 19:02:14

I used netting on my Merit 25 which had an aluminum toe rail. It did make me feel better about my kids but I was using a foil on the forestay and it was really to keep the sail on the deck when I dropped it at the mark.

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Response Posted - 04/22/2014 : 19:58:14

Nice pic, except I'm not a fan of blue for PFDs, either wearable or throwable. It annoys me when WM sells sets of them.

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