jim rosenthal
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- Hatteras Model
- 36' CONVERTIBLE-Series I (1969 -1977)
We have a house in the OBX (located near the CH lighthouse, as a matter of fact) and just spent a week there. Even allowing for Hermine, it was still a lot of fun.
A few years ago (two,IIRC) I mounted two eyebolts through the porch uprights in order to be able to sling a hammock on the front porch. I bought galvanized steel eyebolts, hot-dipped zinc. They are about 1/2" diameter, bent into an eye, with a threaded part on the end, washer and nut. The porch uprights are 6" nominal. They worked very nicely and having the ability to sling the hammock out there is very nice.
Despite being galvanized (hot-dipped!!) steel, they now look as if they spent the last century at the bottom of Diamond Shoals- although if they had done that, there would be nothing left. I thought that they might corrode a bit, but I didn't think they would last two years or less.
I search through McMaster's web site and found 316 SS 1/2" eyebolts, which are arriving tomorrow. The biggest problem is going to be getting the old ones out- they are so corroded that I am going to take a cutoff grinder down there and just cut them off and knock the remains out with a hammer and drift.
We'll see how long the 316 SS ones last. If I get 4-5 years out of them, I will be gratified. The climate down there will eat ANYTHING. Between the heat, the wind, the sand, the salt and the humidity, nothing lasts very long. It's a good field-testing lab for any outdoor hardware.
A few years ago (two,IIRC) I mounted two eyebolts through the porch uprights in order to be able to sling a hammock on the front porch. I bought galvanized steel eyebolts, hot-dipped zinc. They are about 1/2" diameter, bent into an eye, with a threaded part on the end, washer and nut. The porch uprights are 6" nominal. They worked very nicely and having the ability to sling the hammock out there is very nice.
Despite being galvanized (hot-dipped!!) steel, they now look as if they spent the last century at the bottom of Diamond Shoals- although if they had done that, there would be nothing left. I thought that they might corrode a bit, but I didn't think they would last two years or less.
I search through McMaster's web site and found 316 SS 1/2" eyebolts, which are arriving tomorrow. The biggest problem is going to be getting the old ones out- they are so corroded that I am going to take a cutoff grinder down there and just cut them off and knock the remains out with a hammer and drift.
We'll see how long the 316 SS ones last. If I get 4-5 years out of them, I will be gratified. The climate down there will eat ANYTHING. Between the heat, the wind, the sand, the salt and the humidity, nothing lasts very long. It's a good field-testing lab for any outdoor hardware.
