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Subject: Re: [world-cruising] A serious question re Jack lines
From: Evert Volkersz (evolkersz@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Feb 09 2003 - 10:59:19 EST
I will be installing jack lines later this year and am following this
conversation. Henry Marx of Landfall Navigation strongly recommends flat
webbing, so that there is no chance of tripping. Alvah Simon, author of
North to the Night, uses coated stainless steel wire so there will be no
stretch whatsoever.
Evert
At 07:44 AM 2/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Group,
> If I may insert a real question between eating dogs and guns on
>board..........
> We are preparing for our first real off shore jaunt from New York to
>Bermuda and back in June / July this year. I realise that this is probably
>the calmest weather period, but we are preparing for the inevitable storm
>(and hoping to miss it). Part of my preparation is to rig Jack lines on
>board for the first time in almost thirty years of sailing.
...
>Brian S/V Calico Jack
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