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Subject: TWL: Re: Jacklines ?
LRZeitlin@XXX.XXX
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 11:54:54 EDT
In a message dated 8/1/02 12:03:58 AM,
trawler-world-list-request@XXX.XXX writes:
<< We have a Krogen 42 and routinely put out jacklines - real simple - just a
50 ft. 3/4" dockline, whenever we are going outside the ICW or at anytime
in heavy weather. >>
I used to use jacklines on an offshore racing sailboat where considerable
time was spent on the foredeck changing sails in bad weather but it seemed
like too much trouble to install them on my Willard 30 Horizon. After all,
the boat is only 30 ft. long and no point on deck is more than 10' from a
companionway or hatch. I simply put in 3/8" SS eyebolts, reinforced with
backplates on port and starboard cabin sides. On each side, one eyebolt is
about midships at the center steering station and pilot house companionway,
another eyebolt is 5' aft, another 5' forward. Using a 2 meter offshore
tether on my harness, I can reach any point on deck from one of the eyebolts.
Of course you must remember to clip on to the next eyebolt before removing
the first tether.
This way I don't forget to rig the jacklines when expecting bad conditions
and they are not under foot all the time. I guess this trick only works
wellon small boats though. A fully eyebolt studded 50' Ocean Alexander would
look like a porcupine.
Larry Z
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