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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Voyager[/i] [br]Steve, I agree wholeheartedly that lifelines should not be your sole safety item, and good handholds and a harness are your best safety, but a solid lifeline is “one more chance” of protection as you’re going over. It’s also much closer to the deck, so if you can stop yourself there instead of at the end of a tether, there’s a lot less of a wrenching force and less possible resulting injury. It’s never fun falling overboard but you must always consider the real possibility and be sure you’ve got a plan. I’m among those who’ve gone over (at the dock thankfully), and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in that. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.