Jack-stay Installation Advice
Jack-stays that are well inboard and taught reduce the chance that a sailor can be hurled over the lifelines and into the water.
Equipment
Making a Jackline
Jacklines provide a convenient, safe way of attaching yourself to the boat via your safety harness tether.
The Pros and Cons of Chest-high Jacklines
World sailing offers fairly explicit expectations regarding jackstays. And PS offer its own additional advice, including one that recommends jacklines ideally be installed so that a sailor who is clipped in can’t go over the side.
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