u079721
Contributing Partner
My wife is overseas on a business assignment (Malaysia) for several months, meaning that I will be singlehanding on my North Channel cruise this summer. Which has got me thinking about safety a bit more than before. (Duh!)
I normally use side deck jacklines on my E-38 whever I leave the cockpit at night or offshore (like the middle of Lake Huron). But I haven't figured out how to rig jacklines with a short enough tether that I have enough slack to reach the boom to work on the main, and not have so much slack in the system that I couldn't fall over the rail if I tripped. This wasn't a problem with my wife aboard, but wouldn't help me much alone!
Any suggestions on how to rig a centerline jackline? How do you get to it from around the dodger? Other singlehanding suggestions?
I normally use side deck jacklines on my E-38 whever I leave the cockpit at night or offshore (like the middle of Lake Huron). But I haven't figured out how to rig jacklines with a short enough tether that I have enough slack to reach the boom to work on the main, and not have so much slack in the system that I couldn't fall over the rail if I tripped. This wasn't a problem with my wife aboard, but wouldn't help me much alone!
Any suggestions on how to rig a centerline jackline? How do you get to it from around the dodger? Other singlehanding suggestions?