[Alberg30] Wild Rides

[Gordon LACO]

Here is what we do aboard Surprise -

I made jacklines by removing the core from 5/8" dacron braided rope and ran
it from the stanchion bases aft of the primary winches forward through the
bases of the bow cleats in one continuous length.  The rope is red.  here is
my logic.

5/8" rope even without the core has great strength, and the way I laid it
out makes it easy to move around the boat without having to unclip.  The
line is red because nothing else on deck is that colour - no chance of
someone snapping onto the wrong line.  The line has no core for two
reasons... first, it cannot roll underfoot - that is a major problem with
wire.  Second, it feels different than the other lines on deck, again making
it unlikely that someone will snap onto the wrong line.

When we go cruising, everybody on board gets a harness that is his/hers for
the trip.  It is "standing orders" with us that everyone wears one at night
or any other time I say.

I do not ever want to look for someone that cannot be found... that would be
absolutely horrible.

Gordon
426 Surprise



on 7/25/03 4:17 PM, Neal  Jackson at NJackson at npr.org wrote:

> The Currier family excitement reminds me how the normally excessively docile
> Chesapeake can change.  I realize that I have never been really challenged,
> but I have seen that others can be.
> 
> I have thought for some time about getting some heavy-weather gear
> (jacklines, tether, harness) to have available on board but never have
> gotten around to it.
> 
> So a question...do any other Albergers on the Chesapeake have this stuff?
> 
> If so what do they use for jacklines?  I have seen homemade ones as well as
> nice store-bought ones (always on bigger vessels).
> 
> And to what do they normally attach them (bow and stern cleats or do they
> use special fittings like I have seen on some bigger boats?)
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