Bob, you miss a very important point. Lifelines won't keep you attached to
your boat. A jackline, tether and harness WILL. Lifelines aren't designed to
keep you attached to your boat. Jacklines, tethers and harnesses are. Maybe
the usage thing is bothering you. You said lifelines are "important" bits of
safety equipment, I disagreed and still do with the word "important". I
can't think of a real good example, but I'll try this. If you were to go
offshore, a liferaft would be an "important" piece of safety equipment, an
inflatable dinghy would not.
John Cairns
"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