[quote=Edchris177]By having your friend hike out you can get good tension on the rig. If I am leaving my boat for more than a day, I hike out & back off one shroud a hole or two to take the stress out when I'm not using it. Leave the plastic shroud cover up on top of the adjuster, that way it is very obvious next time out that the shroud needs to be tightened.
WEAR YOUR PFD ALL THE TIME. I never take mine off, even in 90+ weather until I'm nearly at my dock & the water is only waist deep. Some kids are fatherless today because some poor chap took his of a few days ago.
Don't mean to lecture, but your way to young, with way to much to live for to lose it for that simple(dumb) a reason. When that cat goes over, & it will, it can be pretty chaotic, with people banging off shrouds, mast etc. It can be way to easy to run your skull into something hard, think mast or shroud anchor & end up dazed in the drink, as your boat drifts away faster than anyone can swim.
Our Gov't in Canada makes it very simple, IF you want to use a sailboard,Cat etc & NOT wear your PFD, the you have to have every single bit of safety equipment that an 18' power boat requires. If you WEAR the PFD, you only need a whistle with you. Of course one can always just pony up the fines, but I prefer to divert those funds to more toys & better beer![/quote]
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