David Chest high should only be a couple feet off the deck if you are leaning over holding the hand rail. If you attach the lines at the mast you would have to clip and unclip as you move forward.
Joel On Friday, January 3, 2014, Bill Coleman wrote: > There was a boat here (Erie) made in Germany for a Rear Admiral who ran > shipyards and was about as anal as they come. Nice guy, tho. > > He supervised the building of this boat, about 47 foot, double ended > Aluminum. It had a large SS grab that ran all the way around the cabintop, > the attachment points pointed in and down and allowed a car or two to roll > freely the entire way around, an attachment point for his tether. He had a > ton of ingenious things on that boat. > > > > Bill Coleman > > C&C 39 [image: animated_favicon1] > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com');>] *On Behalf Of *David Knecht > *Sent:* Friday, January 03, 2014 3:43 PM > *To:* CnC CnC discussion list > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Tethers > > > > This reminds me of a comment in Practical Sailor recently about tethers > and jacklines. The writer was a climber as well as sailor and was making > the point that deck level jacklines were a bad idea for a variety of > reasons. He argued the jackline/tether should be at chest height. I have > not used jacklines yet (just got a set), but I also presume that if fixed > at bow and cockpit, they will tend to bow outward significantly if stressed > near the mast. So putting this thought together with dwight’s idea for > padeyes on the mast for the Cunningham, I am wondering if it would make > more sense to run the jackline through that padeye and knot it then > continue with the free end to the cockpit. That creates two shorter > jacklines at waist to chest height, which should bow much less, not get > underfoot and tend to keep you upright rather than pulling down on you. > You would have to unhook and rehook to go to the bow, but most times I > would be going forward it would be to the mast, not the bow. Thoughts? > Dave > > > > On Jan 3, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Ken Rodmell > <moo...@sympatico.ca<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'moo...@sympatico.ca');>> > wrote: > > > > > *Don’t go overboard * > The latest advice on the list re tethers may save my life in the future. > I’ve unwisely seldom worn a harness with tether while single handing and > I’ll bet many other listers have not either, especially in benign > conditions. > > This year, I won’t go out without! I’m also going to try to convince some > of my pals to do all they can to stay on the boat. > > Thanks for the great advice, Atoine’s in particular was especially graphic > and convincing. > > Ken Rodmell > Lotus C&C 35 Mk II > Toronto > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'CnC-List@cnc-list.com');> > > > > > > > > > > David Knecht > > Aries > > 1990 C&C 34+ > > New London, CT > > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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