I am not replying to anybody in particular, just wanted to say that I am getting lost in this discussion. I don't know whether y'all are talking about chicken lines or tether lines or whether some of you are using the two interchangeably, or what. I thought they were two entirely different things for two different purposes.

I gather that one is to prevent you from being thrown forward or backward and keep you planted firmly on the boat. The other is to keep you attached to the boat by a line of some kind if you become separated from the boat. Are some people using both devices, or using one or the other, or are you trying to come up with one thing that works for both purposes?

Anyway, can somebody clear up the terminology for me as to what you are calling each? And, also, in each post when you are describing some system like this, preface it by saying which you are talking about?

Also, I cannot imagine a tether line being connected with any part of the trapeze system, since every component of the trapeze system, from where the wire attaches to the mast down to the hook on the harness, is subject to potential failure and is a common cause of people becoming separated from the boat. It seems like a tether line would have to attach to something that is not a part of that whole system. So when a tether line is used, what do you attach it to on your person? I know you clip it to something on you, but WHAT?