Singlehanding

Bill's got it spot on, you can motor all over the place with your main up and no issues. 2 methods for the jib, (as it appears from your website you don't have roller furling), both methods assuming your jib halyard is led to the cockpit -
1. If it's not too sloppy, hank on the jib, attach sheets and leave it flaked on deck before leaving the slip, or mooring. Then just hoist the jib when ready. This should work in pretty much all but the sloppiest conditions you would go leisurely sailing in.
2. If it's REALLY sloppy, you can hank on the jib, tie the sheets on, flake the jib on the deck, do a couple loose folds and put the sailbag over it, leading the halyard and sheets out of the mouth of the sailbag - kinda like you would prep a spinnaker. Cinch the sailbag somewhat loosely and clove hitch the sailbag cinch ties to a stanchion, the pulpit, or the lifelines. The sailbag will keep the sail from unflaking itself and going all over the place, and provided you've cinched the bag loosely enough, when you hoist the jib it should come out of the bag with relatively little resistance. This of course leaves the sailbag fluttering in the breeze, so best if you also attach a small line to the bottom of the bag to tie that end of to the lifelines to keep things as neat as possible while sailing. As my JJT 26 doesn't have roller furling, when I'm cruising, I just flake the sail and put it in the sailbag still hanked on, so it's at the ready but still protected from the saltwater and UV.

Great guys thanks, I got the jacklines and harness, but need to lead the jibsheet aft. I'll be going out next week and will take the camera.
Peter

I bought my jack line material at a large outdoor store with a large mountain climbing department. The flat hollow braided stuff. Make sure it is the high strength stuff and not the normal light weight material used for tie-downs. 4000N rings a bell. It needs to be replaced every few years due to UV.

Hey!!  Way to go Peter!!  My first time out, it took me two hours to get the sails totally up and all set properly...heh heh!!  Just take your time and think it all out.  Plus, I take the sail cover off at the dock, get the halyard all set up on the mainsail, and have it all ready to hoist in a hurry, if need be.  And, if you are nervous, put a reef in at the dock, much easier there.  you can always get the sail up if you head her dead into the wind and let ALL the lines go loose....

Jacklines: for simple and quick: Yes, you can get the flat webbing that climbers use, I got 6,000 lb breaking strength, for cheap, at an outdoor climbing store.  If no eyes to tie onto, tie onto the cleats!!!  That is what I will do on my "new' boat.....my old boat had "Pad Eyes" installed....a good idea, and something I may do in the future, but I am going to be of the same ilk wtih my new boat: Nothing goes through the deck unless it is thought about for a long, long while!

In my search for climbing webbing, I have found 1" webbing to be 4000 lb strenght (@32 cent/ foot)  while 2" wide webbing at 6,000lb strenght, the recommended strenght for a jackline.  I am surprised that I have not found a 6,000 lb webbing that is 1" wide that is not from a sailing store and called a jacklines, but have time to hunt it down;-)  Thanks for the U-bolt idea.  ~jklee

John,

Despite the recommendation for 4500 lb breaking strength, I'd stick with 1" 4000 lb rated webbing vs the 2" 6000 lb rating.  The 2" webbing will be very cumbersome in a tether clip, and if it's not easy you won't use it. 

I'm also a certified mountain guide and we use 1" tubular webbing to build anchors that people regularly fall vertically onto with resultant large loads.  The loads you'll see in jacklines should be significantly less in the vast majority of cases.  In addition, the jackline system is only as strong as your attachment points.  Will they hold more than 4000 lbs?  (would you be able to lift your boat on two of them?)  Maybe yes for the bow cleats, maybe no for smaller padeyes...

Remember that many more people go overboard because they lose their balance and stumble, than in big dramatic knockdowns or pitchpoles.  This is mostly what you're trying to prevent.  As long as you buy the good tubular webbing rather than the flat sailtie stuff and remember that nylon breaks down over time from UV exposure and replace it regularly (depending on how many days you're out sailing each year) you'll be fine.

Bill

been looking at those myself....please relay once you've tested and are confident in them, or not, as the case may be!

It sounds like a nice piece of hardware.  I sure would like to see a picture of it if possible.  I've also been playing around with the idea of a tiller tamer or something like it for Lua.  At the present, I've been doing the low-tech thing with just a small cleat on the tiller. Thanks.