Jack Hammer
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Your hand. Seriously, its really just not that difficult to do.What keeps them from banging against the hull when you pull them up?
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Your hand. Seriously, its really just not that difficult to do.What keeps them from banging against the hull when you pull them up?
You'd have to use your best judgement of the local conditions, not all areas are equal.How big a sea would you do this in?
On the Great Lakes the waves are very close, we often call dives if the waves get to 3' as the lake becomes very rough. What constitutes calm pleasant conditions in some areas warrants a small craft advisory here. I've used leashes here in 4 footers, I've used them in the Atlantic Ocean in twice that. If the boat is rocking violently it may become an issue. I'm still not sure how you would manage crush your fingers though.So what would be typical? Or what is the worst sea state you have done this in without worrying about stuff being damaged or crushed fingers?
What happens when you move the boat?
Photos?
It is great fun when you grab for the side rail only to find the platform has gone up over your head an looks like the platform might get you on the way back. Luckily only had that once so far.We have lifts on boats mostly, so we go up on the lift and, if necessary, someone takes a bailout off you before you try to make it to the bench.
On the odd boat with a ladder then either you go up the ladder with the bailout or attach it to a rope and hand it up, then go up the ladder.
Inland sites often have chains looping along the pontoon. There you attach the bailout/stage/deco cylinder to the chain and then go up the ladder, dekit and then recover the cylinder.
It is not unusual to getting on a lift where one moment the water is at your ankles and the next over your head, and then back at your ankles. I am trying to understand how this system manages with more sporting conditions.