[Alberg30] Wild Rides

[Roger L. Kingsland]

Gordon;

Your jack line solution is very innovative.  I crossed the Atlantic some
years ago (our standing orders were safety harnesses when outside the
cockpit during the day and everywhere above at night); we had coated wire
jack lines.  You are correct about them rolling when stepped on but they do
not stretch.  Have you have any problem with stretch with the coreless 5/8"
line?

One problem we discovered.  The snap shackle connected to the jack line
created a racket below when a crew member dragged it on the fiberglass deck.
We took to holding it above the deck while walking at night which dedicated
the "one hand for the ship" to the tether, perhaps a little dangerous.  I
wonder if there is a way to sheath the shackle in leather to reduce the
noise.

Roger Kingsland
A30 #148


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon LACO" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Wild Rides


> 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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