| This reminds me of a comment in Practical Sailor recently about tethers and jacklines. The writer was a climber as well as sailor and was making the point that deck level jacklines were a bad idea for a variety of reasons. He argued the jackline/tether should be at chest height. I have not used jacklines yet (just got a set), but I also presume that if fixed at bow and cockpit, they will tend to bow outward significantly if stressed near the mast. So putting this thought together with dwight’s idea for padeyes on the mast for the Cunningham, I am wondering if it would make more sense to run the jackline through that padeye and knot it then continue with the free end to the cockpit. That creates two shorter jacklines at waist to chest height, which should bow much less, not get underfoot and tend to keep you upright rather than pulling down on you. You would have to unhook and rehook to go to the bow, but most times I would be going forward it would be to the mast, not the bow. Thoughts? Dave On Jan 3, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Ken Rodmell <moo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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