Although skilled with "controlled circumstance" MOB's in the San Francisco Bay, we decided a goal should be to prevent anyone from going overboard to start with. We focused some energy on a new jackline and tether system, with several heavy-duty cockpit mounted Wichard pad-eyes that allow crew to remain clipped in from the moment they touch the companionway ladder exiting the cabin.
We use dual bow-to-stern Spectra webbing straps as jacklines five large Wichard folding pad-eyes — two near the companionway opening, and two near the helm, with one on the hard dodger top.
Boom Preventer
To prevent the boom from conking anyone unconscious and/or overboard, we rig a preventer when running and broad reaching. Scott Easom came through with a great "semi-permanent" preventer solution that allows us to quickly jibe and "prevent" with only two aboard. We have two permanent spectra core lines tied at the end of the boom, and led forward along each side of the boom to the mast. At the mast, loops spliced into the end of the core are shackled to the boom with tiny snap shackles. These are permanently mounted on small bails fastened to the boom and surrounded by a patch of non-skid as anti-chafe.
A quick pull on the snap-shackle frees the preventer line with it's 3" end loop. About 2 feet of embedded bungee inside the Spectra core keeps the preventer lines snug to the boom.
The remainder of the preventer rig is the snatch block on a Spectra strop at the stem fitting, and ~90 ft of 1/2" Sta-set with the spliced in Tylaska shackle. The shackle on this line connects to the Spectra preventer at the mast end of the boom (on the side you want to prevent), runs forward through the snatch block hanging on the strop (the strop keeps the preventer line clear of the CQR Anchor), and back the opposite side of the boat, through the stern cleat, and back to a mainsheet winch in the cockpit.
Storm Sails & Storm Drogue
For heavy weather (sustained 40+ knots), we have storm sails with visibility patches made by Carol Hasse's team at Port Townsend Sails. The hank-on stay sail hoists with the wire-rope halyard, up the detachable inner forestay. The trys'l stays on deck with a long bolt-rope pennant lead to the trysail track that parallels the in-mast furling slot. The new Spectra topping lift trysail halyard will be used to hoist the sail. The sheets are still a question, but whatever we use, they will be led aft -- probably to the high load blocks and back to a mainsheet winch. The boom will be snugged down and tied out of the way so it (hopefully) won't flop around.
Our reefing solution depends upon the successful operation of our furling systems. Our experience thus far is that we can easily "roller reef" both main and jib in up to 40 knots of wind -- while still maintaining decent boat speed. Any wind speed higher than this and we will hoist the storm sails.
Before leaving Alameda, we purchased a Galerider storm drogue and 350 ft of double-braid rode to tow it. Luckily, we have not needed to use the drogue in any storms yet.