On 13 Oct 2004 17:37:17 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:49:29 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
said:

In either case, jacklines should only be deployed
when necessary so long term exposure shouldn;t be an issue.

Hmm. My rule is that regardless of wind and sea conditions, nobody goes on
the foredeck underway unless he's clipped to a jack line.

I guess that rules out the parties I've had on my boat where there were
maybe 5-10 people lounging out on the foredeck (under way) at any time
and another 5-10 people milling about the boat. It would have been
steady entertainment for me anyway to have them all clipped to a jack
line, watching them try and untangle themselves over and over.

Steve