Tom:
If you are talking about lifelines, I don't have them and, frankly, I think they would be more trouble than useful. To look proportionate to the length of the boat they would need to be low and as Stan put it, that is the perfect height to catch behind your knees and ensure that if you go into the water you will do so head first. I also think that there are already enough bits of gear to catch the jib sheets. I put a series of handrails through-bolted to the cabin top that gives me a solid hold - which is what I think one needs.

Graham Stewart
Agile 76

On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 10:18 AM Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> I know this question has come up before but I would like to throw it out
> there again.
>
> How many Rhodes owners have some sort of side rail or line system to hold
> onto when moving from the cockpit to the bow? Has that helped? Has it made
> you feel more secure than just hanging onto the stays?
>
> I've seen in some of Stan's writings where he has said that this would be
> more of a danger than a help. A tripping hazard, I think he said.
>
> I know that GB offers a rail system that they ( I think) installed onto the
> later rebuilds that Stan did.
>
> I'd be very interested to see what others have done on their own.
>
> Tom Hyatt
> S/V Eliza Jane 1978
> Baltimore
>