On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:41:44 -0400, rhys wrote:

My four-year-old is getting a regular indoctrination on the concept of
"one hand for the boat". We don't generally sail in rough enough
weather to demand jacklines, but I can rig them if necessary.

Install the jacklines as another learning experience. I was amazed to
see how many grownups didn't clip in on our offshore adventures on
another boat. I put it up to lack of imagination...

My jacklines were in place from July 1 to haulout. I used them.
Waiting to rig may be the same sort of thing as not reefing soon
enough. It's really good to have jacklines already rigged when dousing
sail and reefing.

Ryk