dwight wrote:
Tethers
>>>>>How does that work for tacking? Lines run over the jib sheets I mean.
Not safely...have never seen jacklines run 'over the jib sheets'.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
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*Subject:* Re: Stus-List Tethers
I do a 42 kt mile solo race on lake huron and run the lines over the
jib sheets and inside the shrouds so I can get by the head sail easily
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-------- Original message --------
From: Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca>
Date: 01-04-2014 2:23 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Tethers
Haven't used a jackline and tether recently but when we did we would
run a flat, nylon jackline fore and aft outside the shrouds......no
unhooking at the mast, or anywhere along the way.....moving up and
down the deck, all conditions, high or windward side, involved
crouching while moving and holding the tether pulled taunt in one
hand, the other hand moving on the top life line.....simple, effective
and safe.
Don't get into the habit of unhooking and hooking at the mast....no
need to....might do it if I was wearing two(2) tethers to stay hooked
on at all times but why bother. Unhooked at the mast, in big wind, at
night, with a wet deck.....nope, I will crawl up and down the deck
holding on as best I can.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2014/01/03 4:43 PM, David Knecht wrote:
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
<mailto:moo...@sympatico.ca>> wrote:
*Don't go overboard
*
The latest advice on the list re tethers may save my life in the
future. I've unwisely seldom worn a harness with tether while single
handing and I'll bet many other listers have not either, especially
in benign conditions.
This year, I won't go out without! I'm also going to try to convince
some of my pals to do all they can to stay on the boat.
Thanks for the great advice, Atoine's in particular was especially
graphic and convincing.
Ken Rodmell
Lotus C&C 35 Mk II
Toronto
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