OzOne wrote:
Still think that in water that cold, I'd opt to click in all the time
especially when playing a chute.


I'd like to think that I would too. But I've spent a couple
nights trying to sleep, huddled on the rail in a harness....
and hate the damn things.

Another point is that these guys had sailed almost all the
way around the world... in other words, complacent.



No matter what safety procedures are followed, no matter how
rigorously, there will always be accidents. What about the
young sailor whose harness broke in the Sydney-Hobart?



That was shown to be a faulty harness incorrectly labelled as
conforming to Aust Standards. IIRC, the stitching did not comply.


Right, but how is one to know? It's no good thinking that
one bulletproof just because one is *always* harnessed on.

That's why they're called "accidents."



OTOH, I have had a fully compliant 5 yo harness fail in very similar
circumstances but in the warm waters off the Oz coast in summer.


That sounds like it could have been a religious experience


Sometimes...it's your turn :-(


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