Mike,
I too single-hand on occasion (when Lisa is otherwise engaged). I
run jack-lines from the bow cleat to stern cleats on our aft cabin-F-
31. With a 6' tether, the only places I can go over are forward or
aft of the beams. Since I run an autopilot while singlehanding, I've
rigged a trip-line system from the jack-lines to the autopilot ram.
With this system, the autopilot can be disengaged with a sharp-tug on
the jackline from anywhere on the boat. We also have a teloscoping
boarding ladder permanently mounted on the swimstep. While I haven't
put this to the "ultimate" test, the system does work and I believe
it'd give me a fighting second chance.
Colin
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 10/27/2004 12:17:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Don't know if I could
> > get back into a charging boat, but I figure I want that second
chance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
>
> Thanks for all the comments. As always, they were enlightening. I
have the
> six foot traveler, a bimini and I am little bit tall. After
completing a tack
> and trimming the jib sheets I got tangled in the travel lines,
making my way
> back to the seat, and very nearly pitched straight over the raised
outboard. My
> boat has a slight weather helm. I wondered if the boat would stop
in irons. I
> have not tried it yet. Sometimes I use a tiller tamer lightly
applied when
> tacking and the boat tends to slowly round up. Using the auto pilot
there would
> be no chance most times.
>
> MikeB
> F-31 #156
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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