Jacklines have nothing to do with lifelines. You can have one without
the other. Jacklines are an essential piece of equipment for sailing
offshore.
One would be foolhardy not to have them available.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Bottom line, it is a serious mistake to rely
on lifelines to keep you on a sailboat, even in moderate conditions. If
lifelines were an important safety feature there wouldn't be such a thing
as
jacklines.

By that measure, if jacklines were an important safety feature there
wouldn't
be such a think as lifelines...or flare guns for that matter.
All safety gear works together and ALL of it is VERY important.

RB