Personal safety on deck
Especially at sea and in bad weather it is recommended to wear a safety line or safety harness in addition to the life jacket to prevent falling overboard in open deck areas. To prevent man overboard or MOB situations under any circumstances, a situational or permanent attachment of jacklines is also advisable. A jackline is a rope or webbing for clipping in safety lines or for holding on to. On sailing yachts or traditional ships, for example, the jackstay can be strung from an anchor point at the bow to the stern. The boat crew or the single-handed sailor …






















