I was rebedding a pulpit the other day and the pins in the lifelines were put in the opposite of the above picture. I explained to the owner that I like to put them in as above as if the ring ding for some reason backs out and the boat is heeled the pin will either fall into the boat and you have a possibility of saving it from going overboard or it stays in place due to gravity. I really prefer lashing them on with spectra with the line going around the 1″ round. You are therefore not relying on the spot welds on the loops, there are no pins to go missing and if you have a man overboard you can knife the top lifeline to make it easier to get the MOB back onboard.

 I also had another pulpit that sheared so I to relead the bow light electrical as it was damaged and I couldn’t fish the end back out. I used fishing line and a pencil sinker pushing this into the hole in the pulpit and then jiggling it back and forth to get it around the twists and turns. Sounds easy but time consuming and frustrating.