[Alberg30] Wild Rides

[Gordon LACO]

Hello Roger - 

We use line as heavy as 5/8 to minimize stretch - I think that 1/2 would do
otherwise.  We took pains to set the system up as hard as possible
regardless.   We also ask people to lift the snaps so that they do not drag
the deck at night... I find that a sort of three legged shuffle allows me
the hold the lanyard while leaving the other hand free the hang on.  One is
not usually moving when working - and of course if the weather is wild
enough to require fast movement no one is concerned about noise.

Gord
Surprise #426



on 7/30/03 2:21 PM, Roger L. Kingsland at rkingsland101 at ksba.com wrote:

> 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>
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> 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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