[Rhodes22-list] Mary Lou

[Mary Lou Troy]

That's the lifesling, referred to somewhere below.

Mary Lou


At 07:50 PM 1/20/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>If you want to see a good pic of Fretless's red strip there's one at
>http://www.kaynor.org/Rhendezvous/mdscf0058.jpg  You can see a bit of the
>bottom paint too.
>
>mary Lou
>
>The rectangular, white bundle that hangs outside the starboard quarter,
>about where the boarding ladder is.
>
>On 1/20/03 7:36 AM, "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy@netreach.net> wrote:
>
> > Hmmm...Slim, to which white thing are you referirng?
> >
> > At 10:27 PM 1/19/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >> Hey Mary Lou,  What's that white thing hanging on your stern pulpit?
> >> BTW, nice pix.
> >> Slim
> >
> > Lessee. the big square white thing is a LifeSling, a well packed MOB
> > flotation device at the end of a rope. It hangs on the stern rail near a
> > cleat. When we cast off the dock lines the end of the LifeSling line goes
> > to the cleat. The white pole next the swim ladder is our fishfinder/depth
> > sounder. After fussing for several months trying to get a reliable spot to
> > shoot through the hull, we fastened the transom-mount transducer to a piece
> > of PVC and fastened it to the swim ladder with hook over the rail and a
> > bracket made from a u-bolt. It worked so well that we've had it there for 2
> > full seasons. You can see the display to the left of the companionway.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> >
> >
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