wrote:
Sailboat cruising and offshore sailboat racing are entirely different
endeavors with different requirements.

wrote:
Not with regard to lifelines.


wrote:
Really? Are you sure?

Yep.

....Ocean racers have kids and non-sailors aboard
some or all of the time? They haul a dinghy and outboard on deck over
the lifelines?

Generally not.
Of the stuff that cruiser keep on board, and people (of any size), how
much/many do they want to go overboard due to lifeline failure?
Somewhere around zero, according to every one I've ever seen or talked
to.

And racers also have an interest in keeping people & objects on board,
and particularly want to avoid lifeline failure.


... I wasn't aware of just how similar ocean racing was to
cruising. I stand corrected!

You don't have to stand in my presence. Please sit if you like. Smoke
'em if you got 'em.

DSK