Seajet
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I don't 'always' wear a harness/lifejacket, just tend to sooner rather than later.
My approach to all safety kit and relevant boat design is that once one has taken care of the safety stuff, one can efficiently get on with sailing, be it for fun or survival.
I completed my boat in 1978 and have put every deck fitting on her in ensuing refits, and sailed tens of thousands of miles with her inc' 24 cross -Channels; I'm quite familiar with how she behaves and where everything is !
I've also owned a Carter 30 for a few years and sailed things like Gib Sea 42's, where my attitude was the same.
I suspect you're thinking of early harnesses, there's nothing restrictive about modern kit, with decent harness points intelligently sited.
Going around without a harness is fine most of the time, but the laws of averages - not to mention Sod's - will start stacking up against one if doing it often.
Having taken part in a couple of searches for people knocked overboard, I know which way I'll continue to go, even in the Solent with dozens of boats searching, they weren't found until a few weeks later...
My approach to all safety kit and relevant boat design is that once one has taken care of the safety stuff, one can efficiently get on with sailing, be it for fun or survival.
I completed my boat in 1978 and have put every deck fitting on her in ensuing refits, and sailed tens of thousands of miles with her inc' 24 cross -Channels; I'm quite familiar with how she behaves and where everything is !
I've also owned a Carter 30 for a few years and sailed things like Gib Sea 42's, where my attitude was the same.
I suspect you're thinking of early harnesses, there's nothing restrictive about modern kit, with decent harness points intelligently sited.
Going around without a harness is fine most of the time, but the laws of averages - not to mention Sod's - will start stacking up against one if doing it often.
Having taken part in a couple of searches for people knocked overboard, I know which way I'll continue to go, even in the Solent with dozens of boats searching, they weren't found until a few weeks later...
