This will generate a lot of debate! I run mine (store-bought!) from the cleat on the bow, outside the shrouds/chainplate, making a turn through one of the slots in the toe-rail just outboard of the forward end of the cockpit, and then continuing along the deck to the aluminum fitting on the corner of the transom. My logic in putting the turn around the slot in the toe-rail is that should someone go overboard while forward they would end up being towed alongside the boat rather than being dragged behind. Having the bight of jack-line from the slot to the transom provides a clipping in point for anyone in the cockpit. Going forward requires an unclip / re-clip - but from the relative safety of the cockpit.
I believe it might be better to run the jacklines down the center of the boat (would prevent anyone going overboard), but I do not have any suitable attachment points at the cockpit end. Jonathan Indigo - Southport CT _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Knecht Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 2:32 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List safety tethers Mention of tethers in the discussion of waste disposal reminded me that I had wanted to get the wisdom of the group on tethers. I have never used them or been on a boat with them set up so I am totally ignorant of how this should be done. I have a inflatable life jacket with a tether attachment buckle and a elastic tether, but I have not bought a set of jacklines, nor am I sure the best way to set it up. Two jacklines running halfway between midline and rail? One down the middle? Store bought system or cobbled together? Attach to padeye at front, but then running through the cockpit or just to companionway. Attached to what there? If this is overkill for coastal cruising and shorthanded club racing, then that would be good to know also. I often sail the boat single handed and try not to leave the cockpit to go forward, but I have to sometimes and wonder if I should always be tethered even in moderate conditions. Thanks- Dave David Knecht Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
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