How to fit guardrail netting to prevent pesky Dog In Water snafu

[shmoo]

The dog we got last autumn seems to be taking to sailing quite well. He usually has a lifeline on topside becuase paw to GRP adhesion is very low, but not when below.

We don't want to leave the washboards in and the coach roof slide shut on night passages so the risk assessment throws up the possibility of dog emerging on deck and falling over the side in one single swift movement, undetected until the splash.

So we have to get the awful netting. Do I have to un-thead the guardrails or do I lace it on? Do I lace vertically at each stanchion too?

Any hints and tips welcome. (Get rid of dog not an option, I am afraid)

Going to have to leave the pulpit un-netted for anchoring, but it will take him a few seconds to get up there and we should notice!

For reference dog is a long-legged Jack Russel

 

[awol]

SOLAS tape and a lifejacket light on the collar or let natural selection take its course. Have you experimented with DOB techniques?

 

[shmoo]

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Have you experimented with DOB techniques?


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I have threatened to on one or two occasions...

 

[fisherman]

Use a net needle to sew it on , very quick and easy, or chain stitch it on, saves passing all the twine through the net.

 

[jonic]

Threaded the guardrails and stanchions on mine then fixed the bottom with black cable ties to the aluminium toerail. Took forever but after 2yrs of hard use still tight and looks good.

 

[Deleted member 478]

Netting will also save a few dropped winch handles

 

[saltwater_gypsy]

You probably just need netting at the cockpit as pets are generally not as suicidal as some of the maniacs I've sailed with!!!!! Get lacing!!

 

[Rooster]

I threaded the guard wire through the netting. Took forever as you need to get the tension correct between stantions.
Would find another way if I had to do it again, which I don't as I have now sold the boat.

R

 

[Hermit]

I found the best way was to support the netting loosely on the guardwires then pass shockcord through top and bottom. I then tensioned this fore and aft before fixing the shockcord to the stanchions top and bottom and to the guardwire/toerail at one point between each stanchion. This makes it nice and tight but leaves room to tie fenders on and slide then about a bit as well as pass ropes under the netting. Was also much quicker than last time when I threaded the guardwire though.
Regards,
Rob

 

[QuestGirl]

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You probably just need netting at the cockpit as pets are generally not as suicidal as some of the maniacs I've sailed with!!!!! Get lacing!!

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The dog concerned is a Jack Russell - judging from the antics of ours, I think their middle name is suicidal !!

 

[maxi77]

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You probably just need netting at the cockpit as pets are generally not as suicidal as some of the maniacs I've sailed with!!!!! Get lacing!!

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The dog concerned is a Jack Russell - judging from the antics of ours, I think their middle name is suicidal !!

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Having a parson russel, (jack with long legs) I understand your problem. We have found that although she can get up and down the almost vertical ladder with ease, the lower washboard does keep her either in the sallon or the cockpit. Doggy lifejacket at all times on deck, with a grab handle on the top for hand or boathook. Outside the cockpit she uses the jackstays like us. She has an inbuilt desire to leap after any bird within range so the netting is gowing up soon. We saw an exellent profesional job where they had used white cable ties to the top guardrail and toe rail, and to create small openings in the ranges of the cleats and fairleads.

Good luck