Bob, I have to comment: It's your life we're talking about here.
That said, you need to use carabiners on the jack line ends of the tether that need two motions to open them. Otherwise you can twist the tether when moving around and it will release by itself. The attachment to your harness should be a snap shackle so you can release it if you fall overboard and are being dragged under by the boat. The two legs on my tether are 3 foot and 6 foot and have elastic inside the nylon strap so the legs aren't under foot. I've used both West and Wichard tethers. The Spinlock tether I bought from APS for a bit over $120 is far superior Rick Brass Sent from my iPad > On Mar 23, 2014, at 21:29, "bobmor99 ." <bobmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll be crewing in a few weeks on my first multi-night offshore passage. > Among the items I need to procure are a harness and tether. > Marine tethers seem very overpriced so I've been looking into mountain > climbing gear substitutes. > Any concerns mating these carabiners: > > http://www.moosejaw.com/moosejaw/shop/product_Black-Diamond-Neutrino-Carabiner_10003048_10208_10000001_-1_ > > with these runners (thinking of a 120 cm coupled with a 240 cm (total of 3 > carabiners)): > > http://www.moosejaw.com/moosejaw/shop/product_Black-Diamond-10mm-Dynex-Runners_10031236_10208_10000001_-1_ > > to make a tether? > > Bob M > Ox 33-1 > Jax, FL > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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