Hi Brian,
No shop... I'm just an old hand. A couple o' decades ago they would have called me a "ship's husband" now they just call me opinionated.
I recently (last year) stepped away from the 36 ton cutter I fitted out over the course of 16 years and now I'm happily sailing a 7 ton classic plastic yacht.
I would use reuseable insulators, such as StaLok, in the backstay. They are expensive intially but cheaper over the long haul.
I too am not a fan of wire lifelines. The best liferail I made was sch 40 pipe welded atop S/S tapered stanchions... unfortunately that doesn't scale down to smaller boats (and still look good).
Cheers, Russ
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