Jacklines for safety - mounting?

[vizwhiz]

So how do y'all have your jacklines mounted? Backing plates? Permanent or temporary straps? How do you route them from the cockpit to the bow? How do you pass over or around the mast and pop-top and hatch? Are there intermediate mounting points on your boat that have to be managed while going forward? Pics?
Thanks!

[Catigale]

1/2 inch dockline to front cleats, bowline in cockpit.

These boats don't go out in weather needing more than this

[Wind Chime]

Your Model-S will be a little different than our model-X, but here's what we do.

... Safety Rant alert!
If it's is not easy and convenient you won't do it - so make it simple. Just like wearing a PFD, if you get in the habit of putting your seatbelt on you'll never forget it when you most need it.

Please consider that you do not necessarily need bad weather to fall overboard and get injured or worse, just need the right conditions at the wrong time. I broke my hand two months ago sailing by myself tethered in with my PFD on, in conditions that are far far less harsh than many times before - and come out just fine. I've also had a man die in my arms while scuba diving on a beautiful sunny day with flat water, so sometimes things go wrong - even when everything you do is right.
... Safety Rant Alert over

Our Jack-lines stay on all the time. I (almost) always use them when I leave the cockpit. And when by myself, two tethers; one ties me to the stern cleats when at the helm and the second tether attached to one of the Jack-lines when going forward on deck. My inflatable mustang PFD has the harness so easy to clip in.

Jack-lines are black flat webbing.
- Forward end of line is attached to the back stantion on the pulpit.
- Aft end of the line is attached to the stanchion closest to the cockpit.
- I also run port and starboard dock lines from the bow cleats back aft and are tied to the stanchion just aft of the stantion that Jack lines attaches to, and rest on the rub-rails. In the event I'm overboard, I can use these ropes to grab onto and step up to bring myself on board.

You can see both the port and starboard black jack-lines in this photo, there's also an additional black line on the starboard side that's actually our shore-power cable that's inside a black sumbrella cover.

Good luck with them!

[JohnCT]

I use D rings with backer plates, webbing running along the centerline.

How much is your life worth? Mine is worth a lot more then a $15 piece of dock line. (Dock line is also designed to stretch under shock load, good for holding a boat to a dock, not really good for keeping you on the boat)

Safety systems need to work when conditions exceed what you expected.

[sailboatmike]

Sorry but another SAFETY RANT

PLEASE put your lifejackets on whenever you leave the cockpit even if sailing with others

ALWAYS wear your lifejacket when on deck if sailing solo, even in the cockpit

MAKE SURE if you use Jacklines, they are short enough to stop you going overboard, once overboard even with jacklines its close to impossible to get back on when the boat is moving above 2knts even with help onboard

The last thing I want to read is your obituary

[Wind Chime]

Forgot to mention that we run the jack lines "inside" the shrouds, makes it easy going forward so you do not need to unclip, but if you fall over forward of the shrouds you will not run the entire length of the line and end up at the stern, that's where our dock lines come in (ran from bow to aft stantions along the rubrail) you can grab and hoist along the side.

Here's another photo of how we attach our jacklines to the aft stantions.

[Bilgemaster]

1/2 inch dockline to front cleats, bowline in cockpit.

These boats don't go out in weather needing more than this

The bowline is fastened to what on your 26X, precisely? And what do you personally use for a harness/clip?

[Catigale]

Front cleat, and a tether to D ring on my harness about 1 meter long

None of us are off in blue water in these boats, except a few, and those don't ask for advice here...

We are just trying to keep us on the boat from slip/falls, not surviving 10 meter seas