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Evening all.
I want to install jacklines and need some advice.
I'm not quite ready to cross continents, but I do want to do some Pittwater, and Port Hacking jaunts (from Syd Harbour) with my family this spring/summer.
First up I want to install some anchor points in the cockpit. There's usually five of us on the boat (or just me), and it would be handy to have a system where we can all be attached and not get in a tangle. Though my main priority is to string up my two young boys while we're past the heads.
Down the track, I'd like to run some line the length of the boat. Google is a bit vague and there's a fair bit of debate on the subject. So I'd appreciated some expert advice, sketches, photos etc before I start drilling holes in my boat.
Thanks.
You should be able to attach jack lines to your stanchion bases.
For anchor points around the cockpit, putting the harness line through any open base cleats you might have and back hooking them should work if the cleats are not often used.
I put a strong padeye, not the cheap ones, on the deck outside each side of the cockpit at the front of the cockpit/aft end of the cabin. The jacklines run to the bow cleats. You clip on inside the heady sheet and can go to the bow without any interference.
MB also has a ring in the cockpit underneath the hatch to clip on before coming out of the cabin.
Using the stanchions might be a simple expedient method for attaching jacklines, I would suggest to leave the stanchions for their normal purpose and run the jacklines on their own secure points. You would normally slide or fall onto the lifelines with multiple stanchions taking the load. The jackline may put more load on a single stanchion.
frant ..Cisco knows how to lay varnish .
Id asked him ages ago he,s your man
get it straight from the horses mouth
Im a sikens man
Jacklines should be flat strapping so you can walk on it. On rope you can roll your ankle and maybe go overboard.
Get your sailmaker to make them up as there is an approved stitching pattern required for the end loops to comply with Aus Standards.
Sent from the Shaggers rally at Cape Gloucester.
While the material used and the correct stitching is a good start, don't neglect the screws connecting it all to the boat.... Doesn't anyone know if there is a 'standard' for the attachment , gauge,length etc?
Whitworths will get them stitched for you. I measured MB up and went to the Mona Vale shop and they had them ready a week later.
Take them off when not needed so they don't deteriorate in the sun, and they don't trap dirt under them.
Whithwort's cattledog page 85 Whichard Lyf'Safe Jackstays!
Use them for years. Non slip, flat, UV stabilised, comes with clips.
Highly recommend it.
Thanks for the feedback. Ive been off the line.
What about fixing? Does a metal plate behind the cleat do the job?
