pam (and others): a padeye - fixed: http://shop.trailersailor.com/prod.php?8462 folding: http://shop.trailersailor.com/prod.php?9158 padeyes are used to attach jacklines and/or a lanyard to keep crew 'connected' to the boat. you need to use a very strong padeye. remember that the padeye will be supporting a moving body(ies) moving at speed. if possible find a padeye 'rated' for use for human restraint. the padeye must have a strong and large backing plate. at Sage Marine we use a stainless plate that is tap-n-died to accept the attaching hardware threads (aka, 'fasterners'; aka, bolts & nuts) . if you don't install a backing plate the padeye will likely pull out if put under a significant load. padeyes are also used as attaching points for running and standing rigging. :: Dave Scobie :: Sage Marine --- On Mon, 3/12/12, pam and dana <denko@broadstripe.net> wrote:
Hi Dave
We enjoyed meeting you at the HPCC in Feb and tried to take in all that we could. But, since we are Newbies, the sailing vocabulary has us flumoxed at times. WHat are "padeyes"? After watching the "almost" collision on UTube I realized that a person really doesn't have anything to hang onto in the cockpit unless you have a railing in the stern.
Pam
On Mar 11, 2012, at 12:22 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
the next Sage after the one noted above will have
padeyes in the cockpit and the foredeck.
:: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.com