This stanchion base is good for anchoring,,,,

[cpt_757]

A jackline?


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[model 10]

How you going to attach it?

[cpt_757]

Tie tight or hook tether instead of pad eye.


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[model 10]

OK well that brings up several other questions. If the base has a backing plate it's as good as anything but some one might say it's to far outboard. What kind of knot are you talking about? If you don't like knots you could sew loops and use shackles to the base. Wow, how about a soft shackle? Soft on the feet too. Then there are all the webbing questions, good luck.

[StuM]

Definitely not.

[thinwater]

Not often discussed, it is interesting.

• Probably too far outboard, but perhaps not.
• The knot question is secondary, not specific to the use. If there is a loop, luggage tag. If the other end, consider 2 loops and a lashing. I suppose many people use cleats, but I HATE that practice, since it means jacklines are not rigged all the time (must be removed to dock or anchor). As a single hander, I'll not be fooling with installing jacklines underway. Silly.
• Almost certainly strong enough in shear (pull along the deck). The bending requirements on a stanchion are FAR more demanding. But you need to take a very close look a the construction, of course.

I can see that it would not be generally recommended, because they are not made for this and thus it is possible to have an unsuitable design. Certainly many sailors clip to a stanchion base while working.


Personally, if jacklines are important to you then they are important enough to determine the BEST location and then install the fasteners. Would you just attach a seat belt in a car to anything? Would you only install it for certain trips? I think not. You consider it a part of the car.

[zeehag]

stanchions are not made to SAVE lives just to mark edge of boat. and centerline is not where stanchions live. your choice to place where you can be dragged to death, but centerline is most appropriate location for a jackline. have fun. it is about prevention, not retrieval, as that aint gonna happen.

[cpt_757]

This part have a back up plate and reinforced. So I was wondering I can hook up while I am at cockpit.


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[tkeithlu]

The problem people are bringing up, among others, is that it's at the edge of the boat. Think in terms of your body on a sphere with that point as the center. While one point is "at the helm," with it at the edge another is "under the transom." If you want to latch on while you are at the helm, choose an anchor point at the centerline of the boat, and keep the harness short enough that you can't be washed overboard.

[model 10]

Originally Posted by zeehag

. it is about prevention, not retrieval, as that aint gonna happen.

So I heard this story; there was this woman, a very healthy woman, who was dragged by her tether along side her boat for 8 days, she finally bounced back onboard.

[cpt_757]

I may install some pad eyes with reinforced plates near the cockpit rather than installing couple of cleets on aft to run jack lines since I have anchor points close to bow.


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[Stu Jackson]

Nothing.

[tkeithlu]

The Doubloon, yawl, 1964, off Charleston SC caught in gale, on bare or near bare poles, crew buttoned up below, first mate at helm. She did a 360 degree roll. Skipper came on deck, could not find first mate, assumed he was lost, went below. Half an hour later, knock at cabin door. It was first mate; he had been hanging under the transom by his life line. She did another roll that night. She was towed into Charleston.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Ct...leston&f=false

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by Guy

So I heard this story; there was this woman, a very healthy woman, who was dragged by her tether along side her boat for 8 days, she finally bounced back onboard.

Was she on windward or leeward when she fell? Perhaps we do not know, since the boat probably tacked unattended.

I'm not buying that people fall uphill.

I also do not like running lines to the bow or stern; they should stop one tether length short of that.

[donradcliffe]

Originally Posted by Guy

So I heard this story; there was this woman, a very healthy woman, who was dragged by her tether along side her boat for 8 days, she finally bounced back onboard.

It was hours, not days, and it happened to a well known SoCal sailor while she was in Hawaii. I can't remember whether she was windward or leeward, but the right wave finally came along.