"Augustine" at sea: The boarding ladder is in foreground on top of the teak boarding step. The jacklines are not deployed in this photograph. The yellow line in the sea beneath boarding step is boarding ladder lanyard.
The pin rail connecting the forward and aft lower shrouds serves the customary function and also doubles as a functional "mast pulpit" to provide a sense of safety and sure footing when working at the mast base in rolling seas.
Cruising-style triple braid Dacron lifelines are securely attached to through bolted stainless steel padeyes mounted on the pin rails. The padeyes also secure the pin rails to the shrouds. The lifeline system utilizes the bow and stern pulpits, through deck mounted padeyes forward and through deck mounted eyebolts aft, but no stanchions are required.
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