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Lifelines

Posted By: Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver
Date: 7/27/03 4:11p.m.

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After some years of cogitation on the subject of my lifelines I have come to the conclusion that they are more hazard than help. They are at just the right height to trip on as I go over the side, so I'll hit the water headfirst instead of feetfirst as God intended. When heeled, they prevent me from hiking out as far as I would like. They get in the way at the dock or at a raft-up or when boarding from a dingy. Has anyone ever been saved by them? I suspect the designers intended them as a place for beginners to tie fenders or to give the first mate the illusion of safety and perhaps approve the "investment" in yet another hole in the water. I would remove them at the drop of a hat, if I could find it. You see what a drought does? I'm thinking instead of sailing, and I've lost my hat. If the local lakes don't fill up soon I won't be responsible for the next things stripped from the boat. I expect a plethora of replies and comments, either on topic or on the state of my sanity. I saw the movie Seabiscuit this afternoon. You should see it.

Messages In This Thread

 Lifelines  -- Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver -- 7/27/03 4:11p.m.

Re: Lifelines -- Bob Pr., S2 6.7, "The TARDIS", NE Kansas -- 7/27/03 6:09p.m.

Welcome back, Bob -- Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver -- 7/27/03 10:40p.m.

Re: Lifelines -- John PinneyS2 6.7 Dagnabit Ky lake -- 7/31/03 8:40p.m.

Back pain -- Law Powell 6.9 #61 Denver -- 7/31/03 10:48p.m.

Re: Lifeline -- Mike Ostbye 6.9 #63 Pursuit -- 8/1/03 5:10a.m.

skirting the jib -- JeffR -- 8/1/03 6:28a.m.

Skirting -- Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver -- 8/1/03 7:14a.m.

Re: Skirting -- Mike Ostbye 6.9 Oursuit -- 8/1/03 11:14a.m.

Removing the life lines works better -- Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver -- 8/1/03 11:24a.m.

Re: Back pain -- John Pinney -- 8/4/03 10:45p.m.

Travel -- Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver -- 8/5/03 2:05p.m.

Re: Travel -- John Pinney 6.7 Dagnabit -- 8/7/03 4:56p.m.

Racing -- Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver -- 8/7/03 6:58p.m.

Re: Racing -- John Pinney dagnabit -- 8/8/03 4:10a.m.

This and that -- Martin Radloff 6.9 # 93 -- 8/10/03 7:34p.m.

Re: This and that -- John Pinney Dagnabit 6.7 ky lake -- 8/11/03 7:50p.m.

spin vs. non-spin ratings -- JeffR -- 8/12/03 10:19a.m.

Re: Lifelines, rules, uniformity -- Bob Pr. '81 S2 6.7, "The TARDIS", Topeka -- 8/12/03 12:44p.m.

Not quite right -- Mike Ostbye 6.9 #63 Pursuit -- 8/12/03 2:03p.m.

Thanks, I stand corrected. -- Bob Pr. -- 8/12/03 3:20p.m.

Tradition -- Law Powell S2 6.9 #61 Denver -- 8/12/03 7:54p.m.

respectfully completely disagree. -- John Cunningham 6.7 #84 Boston -- 8/13/03 9:54a.m.

They make good back rests -- JeffR -- 8/14/03 8:39a.m.

 

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