The only problem I see with these is when you go up the mast at sea and the yacht is heeled you would loose your footing, I would use the triangular ones that would be my personal opinion. But if you use these in an anchorage they are fine and less obtrusive.
All the best.
Anthony
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Finally finished the 20 mast steps this morning I think Ill be using Nyalic
Hi there, On my main mast there are 12 of identical steps. If you do not fancy ratling noise created by those, solution is to stick some rubbery product to elimminate ratling. I done it with 6mm self add squers. Rubber is pressed to locked position. No ratle since. ATB.
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I'll be using them at anchor
I'm to old to be climbing masts out at sea 
Hi HG
It doesn't look that hard 
Pelican Bob on the slip this weekend. FishMonkey and I (we are now happy co-owners) and a mate with many yachts under his belt got stuck into the old AF and primer levels. A mix of close high pressure washer (3000psi), pull scrapers and sanding (oh, and a bit of incidental hydrochloric) got us back down to a mix of gelcoat and primer that wouldn't easily budge. Hard yakka but good to do. Primer on yesterday arvo. Soft AF today.
weirdest thing; starboard side was at least 50% more difficult to remove.
Sorry about the sideways pics - gotta run.
top job parkster !!!!! good idea to convert her to a plastic yacht !!!! sensible !! 
What! , the sun's been shining in Hobart while we've been coping a wintry blast! Nice work Parkster!
Wow....some impressive projects people have on the go
I've now taken my hatch cover to the logical next level of my design and turned it into a open box type of arrangement. The next and final part of this small job will be to fit a tight tarp over it.
Its all about space....and having a nice big flat surface near the cockpit where I can throw stuff and it won't easily roll off and become as one with the sth Pacific should be very handy
I'll figure how to post pictures one day
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Woohoo thank you! Everyone else will curse you once I bore them to death with My crappy photos
P.s obviously today we had a tidy up below decks...yes...I know..its still a mess but it was a lot worse 
I'm missing something here, why do I need to open a photobucket account (or any image file hosting site) in order to put a pic up in here? Why not just load it directly from your hard drive?
Fitted and glued the aft section of the cockpit floor ready for a layer of 600gm tomorrow
Every component of the exhaust was a perfect fit for 45mm hose except the through hull which was 50mm. There was no way it was going on so it was off to the engineers to fit a 45mm inside the 50mm seems like it will work
Cut flogged out timber out of bow stem where bob stay plate bolted had sheared up bow stem (had sheared upwards 20mm). Fitted new piece of Jarrah in.
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My little project-
Started off as just a new hatch....but I made it extra wide. Liked it so added sides....just needs a bit of tarp over it now.
Maybe not so pretty but its great place to stow gear
Well if its true poverty breeds character. ..than chopes and bro is full of character
Needed to replace the old deck rails/ stanchions.
Couldn't afford ( let alone source) anything out of stainless steel or aluminum soooo
Pvc pipe won't rust either. ..will it
Nothing wrong with pvc Don as long as you don't intend for it to keep you from falling over. Paint it with chrome bright will look just like polished stainless.
Knowing how hard it is to find the right nautical materials in the South Pacific. I would assume that fore and aft there is still a substantial stanchions? I would tension a stainless (or gal wire) through the top tube, this would make it a lot more secure.
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Do you see any disadvantages in using pvc ?
Regards Don
Strength. ..or lack of is the disadvantage. This is somewhat over come by reinforcing the pipes with bamboo wedged inside and running the remaining cable I have at half height around.
Its not something I would trust my life at sea with. ..but its certainly better than nothing
Saw a cat recently and the French bloke had made his with stainless towel rails he procured from a resort being pulled down.
It looked really good
Where there is a will you can find away
nice work Andy
can you advise how your cockpit drains work?
i am a little troubled by the drains on my cavalier;4 2inch drains into 2 3 inch hoses just below waterline either side.
seacocks of course but left open
not sure if they can drain cockpit fast enough
