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On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 06:04:41PM -0600, Bill Combs wrote:
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> > on 1/27/00 5:35 PM, Kent Crispin at kent@songbird.com wrote:
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> > A long tether attached to the mast or similar location meets 0,2,3, and
> > 4. It also has the benefit of extreme simplicity.
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> Superb reasoning. I must add, however, that I have avoided attaching to the
> mast (or, in my case, the extremely convenient bail at its foot), as I don't
> want to share its fate if it goes over the side.
And in boats such as mine, with halyards and reefing lines running down the
mast, I don't want to risk a tangle or chafe by attaching something to the
mast that will likely cross over those lines.
-- Eric L. Pederson P-19 #970, Necessity Bloomington, MN
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