outside...primarily for the chicken aspect

The crew can grab the righting line to hold themselves in place. Between that and the jib sheet they're locked into place. Usually used by noobs. Once they've got their sea legs the jib sheet usually does the job.

What's a Chicken doin on a Cat???

Good Info here! I never even considered having a righting line on my H16 (Newbie mistake No. 1). I'll be reti=hinking that This coming season.

Ok Guys,

I want to point out some observations ....

None of the H16 A-fleeters that I know use the Hawiian system for one BIG reason ... it drags in the water and makes you SLOW!!!!

I did have a Hawiian system years ago on my TheMightyHobie18 ... and removed it, I still have it in the garage somewhere. Then I assembled and tried a self retracking system that was installed fore/aft down the centerline of the boat under the tramp .... it dragged also.

So I went back to the tried and true approximently 20' of 3/8" LINE tied to the dolphin striker and kept in a Murray's Tramp Pack that I have installed on the tramp. If I need it, it's easily deployed and thrown over the upper hull. Now remember when sizing a righting line the greatest length required is for righting a boat from a turtled position .... make sure you size it accordingly.

And this is one of my "pet peaves" ... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ROPE ON A BOAT/WATERCRAFT!!!! Once a rope is attached to a boat it is called a LINE!!!!

That was the first thing the ol'timers taught me when I first started boating as a youngster, those oh some many years ago ..... (JFK was President I think at the time ... or was it Eisenhauer)

A grumpy ol'fart/seadog
HarryMurphey
H18mag/P19MX