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Page 50 • Latitude 38 • July, 2010 TONY BADGER LETTERS ⇑⇓A BETTER JACKLINE SET-UP I've noticed recent articles about sailors falling overboard at sea, and various schemes — such as the loop or bobstay methods — for them to get back aboard. A conclusion reached in these articles was the best solution is to not fall off the boat in the fi rst place. I agree with this thinking. The fi rst line of defense against going overboard is using a harness and having a suitable line to clip the harness onto. Even with these precautions, it's possible to fall overboard while being attached to your boat, and be dragged in the water until you're dead! Latitude has reported on such things happening on more than one occasion. When I look at boats with jacklines, many have them attached on either side of the boat near the cap rail. If someone were to fall overboard using the setup, even if they were wearing a short harness, they'd be smashed against the hull if not knocked out. And even if you were Superman, you'd still not be able to get yourself back aboard. To prevent this from happening, I've always used a central jackline with short harness attachment so, if I did lose my balance and fall, I would be confi ned to the deck of the boat, and not go beyond into a head-cracking experience followed by my dragging in the water until dead. My system runs from the stern to the bow, with lines on either side of the mast. They allow free movement along the length of my boat. I shudder when I see jacklines running along the toe railing or in close proximity to it, as it really is an accident waiting to happen. In fact, I know this to be true from personal experience. On a cross- In 1968, Jody (left) fell overboard, but her parents were able to pull her back aboard thanks to her old-school tether. She's now approaching 50. ing from St. Thomas to Panama, my daughter fell overboard. Attached to the boat by her lifeline, she was sucked up against the hull. We didn't even know she'd fallen overboard until we noticed the strange turbulence behind the boat! When we looked over the side, there she was! If we hadn't been on deck, the outcome could have been much different. At that time, we were using double jacklines that weren't near the center of the boat, which meant they still allowed my daughter to go overboard. Tony Badger Kingfi sh, Fisher 37 Sausalito Tony — Makes sense to us. ⇑⇓REITERATING THE POINT When I sent you my recent email of May 15 [Editor's note: see the letter directly above], little did I know that four more sailors would be lost at sea off the coast of California. I knew one of them — Felix Knauth — personally. In all the cases, the still-fl oating boats made it to shore while the sailors didn't. It's my belief that if the boats had had central jacklines and the crews had been wearing short harnesses, their chances of
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