How to fit Pelican hooks?

[FairweatherDave]

I am thinking of fitting pelican hooks to our guard rails to make access easier at the pontoon for my son who has a disability. The pelican hooks would be near the shrouds and I would still use lashings at the ends with the push and pulpits. Thinking of using these http://www.baselinemarine.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=39&cat=Pelican+Hooks
Do I need any specialist tools or skills beyond my average DIY abilities? Thanks for any advice.

 

[Sneaky Pete]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vclm0TQv46c

This seems like a fairly good guide on this video, you would need some tools to do the job but if you are reasonably handy with tool skills you could do it. It may be easier and cheaper to ask your local rigger to do the job for you they have the skills and tools no harm in asking for a quote from them.

 

[merlin3688]

Easier to get a rigger to swage on, cost would not be high and would look better swaged.

 

[FairweatherDave]

I think a rigger seems a good idea. The first video shows expensive looking fittings and I can use the rigger to check my rig too, which is a bit of an unknown quantity

 

[Tranona]

Just breaking into the guard wires to be able to release them for access is not as easy as it looks. If you look at boats that have boarding gates you will see that they have different stanchions with ring fittings either side to take the pelican hooks. They are usually also braced to the deck so that they are rigid. Normal stanchions float in their sockets and the wire just passes through them.