Not all West Marine shops are any good at rigging. The Annapolis West Marine 
has an actual rigging shop in the store and made my lifelines for pretty cheap. 
If you don’t have gates in the middle it is just 2 pieces of wire, 4 ends, and 
labor to press them on. I think it was something like $120 or so for my boat.


Joe Della Barba
Coquina
C&C 35 MK I



From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Matthew L. 
Wolford via CnC-List
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 9:22 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Using West Marine in-store swaging tool for 
lifelines?

FWIW, it may be worth comparing the price of materials and a swage tool against 
the cost of having an outfitting company like Rigging Only fabricate 
replacements.

From: Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 8:42 AM
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Cc: Bruce Whitmore<mailto:bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Stus-List Using West Marine in-store swaging tool for lifelines?

Hello all,

I need to replace the lifelines on my 1994 37/40+.  I am going to go with bare 
7/19 wire, and need to crimp on the stud fittings.  For the hand crimp stud 
fittings, Johnson says not to use a nicopress tool.  West Marine's had swage 
tool is set to use both for oval (nicopress) fittings and round fittings, but 
the person at the store had no idea if the tool was adequate for the stud 
lifeline fittings.

I wasn't ready to do it this weekend, but would like to get the job done 
shortly.

Does anyone here know?

Thank you!

Bruce Whitmore
"Astralis"
(847) 404-5092 (mobile)
bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net<mailto:bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net>
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