Thanks for the chicken line link. I'm going to order the parts today. I especially liked this quote;

“My chicken lines broke. Both of them,” said Brendan Busch of Lexis Nexis, speaking of the safety lines used to prevent skipper and crew from flying forward when smashing into the back of a wave, experiencing sudden and drastic deceleration. “They didn’t wear through or get cut – they broke.”



I've only seen one line break in my whole life and that was during hurricane Dennis. And the 3/4" line didn't really break so much as it melted from the tension. In fact of the 2 lines that were still connected to the dock after the storm the knots were reduced to globs of melted nylon. The cleats on the boat were bent back 180 degrees.

I have a question about tethers. Am I right in saying that a tether is line of last resort to keep sailors from being seperated from their boat (like what almost happened to HobieGary)? I'm wondering if its really a good idea to tie yourself on to the boat. It seems like there would be a lot of potential for getting tangled up at the worst time.

The chicken line thread is a really good one. I should have searched for it first. I did an Intenet search for chicken lines and all I got were chicken jokes(don't bother)

Thanks for the replys. I'm really learning from this forum. Any other helpful advice or stories about uni sailing are greatly welcome.



Here is more info from the Hobie factory about the rollerfurling for the H21:



The furling system for the main on the H21 is such that the sail furls

around the boom by cranking on a winch type handle that connects to the

front of the boom, through the mast and extends out from the front of the

mast, then to furl the main, crank the winch handle and the main furls

around the boom. Kind of hard to explain

All the best..........