Safety aloft

We all know back in the days, nobody needed a harness, nobody needed climbing saftey…and so on. But lets face it, more people died at sea as well. And the last years had some accidents, and safety restrictions went up.

To follow through with the new measurments, every ship i ve been on, had a different solution. Some better…..some for the worse. I understand a lot of them have the reasoning of high costs for a proper system. But safety should never be a question of money. Also saftey shouldn´t be a matter of creativity of the crew. So before everybody out there starts from zero, here the best solution i´ve seen so far:

Petzl Asap Lock with Vertical Saftey Lines on the shrouds.

2 Saftey Lines on the Number 1 Shrouds, one on the last. The Safteylines are thight, cant blow in the wind and always run from the lower endterminal, over the platform (or crosstrees) and end in a good height to transfer the asap on to the next line, while standing securly on the Platform. The hint here: While climbing over the futtocks (or beneath it) the Asap does not need to be transfered. Therefore the little Hook on the Picture. The line is only guided and can be taken in and out, to slide the Asap through. The hook keeps the saftey line close to the lead of the shrouds and out of the running rigging. Transfering of the Asap while climbing all the way to the top: in total 3 times.