Jack Lines

[tsimoht]

Hello again,

After having thought about it some more and after reading csandy's response, I understand now what Brion meant by "but it doesn't provide a fetch-up-against barrier like the outboard ones". Thank you Chris.

I can also see why it is an advantage to have them higher and not flat on the deck for this fetching purpose.

I do not see how these are any more 'out of the way' and not going to be something onto which you can snag yourself than the ones on the deck. You only snag yourself in a different part of the body: the neck instead of the ankle.

So I still do not see the advantage.

Please understand I have read and worked installing things on boats, and know that any decision of placing anything on a boat is a compromise. I am not trying to be difficult. I just know that there are people who know more than I. I am trying to understand. I am trying to learn.

Thank you,

Greg