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.
Jack-stays that are well inboard and taught reduce the chance that a sailor can be hurled over the lifelines and into the water.
Jacklines provide a convenient, safe way of attaching yourself to the boat via your safety harness tether.
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.