A safety feature could be a rounded tip (we don´t want to stab a fellow crewmate) or a blade-lock for preventing folding blades to snap off a finger or two. That’s the main feature of a modern day sailing knife: A very strong, short and in most cases serrated blade that will go through a rope like butter. Having a sharp blade at hand to quickly cut the rope is a way out. Cuts through Rope like butter: The short sharp serrated Blade. Same with capsizing or worse, sinking: Being connected to the boat in that situation could mean to be forced to remain underwater – the harness could hinder reaching the surface. Sometimes it’s the better way out to just cut that lifeline and not being dragged and pushed under water. Being dragged by a yacht with more than 4 knots could in some circumstances drown the MOB. Harness Rescue is a big thing here: When a skipper goes over board and clings to his lifeline it may hurt more than it may help.
There are occasions when there is no other way to solve a situation by just simply cutting a rope. The Knife Blade: Last Man´s Safety Measure What didn´t change too much was its three main purposes. A once long shaped cork handled weapon turned into a handy small precision tool with fluorescent grabs.
Obviously, the sailing knife´s design did change over the course of the centuries. But there are definitely some features even in our days a modern sailing knife is made for: Safety is on top, to have a crafty tool for frequently incurring tasks s second. A modern day yacht skipper is rarely engaged in a fist-fight nor would he eat his daily meal out of a smelly bowl and have to cut away a finger thick cover of fungi from moldy old bread. A knife was the then solution to everything. Well. Besides, back then in the Golden Ages of Sail it was not uncommon amongst the mostly shanghaied crews to have fights which could escalate to bloody skirmishes. Opening up knotty ropes, cutting down cords, splicing new eyelets or just having a tool to help eating the daily ration of hard dried fish and stuff. Since sailors do roam the seas they did have a number of jobs which required having a convenient, small but crafty tool at hand. But what is a sailing knife good for and which one to choose from the big variety of available products? Here´s what I gathered about that topic. On Orders over $800 pays the charges - You will not be charged anything for duties or customs brokerage fees.Did you know that there are regulations of certain regattas forcing every crew member of a boat to carry a sailing knife when on deck? So, despite the fact that most of my sailing friends are assuring I´ll never need such a tool, there must be something to it for official bodies to require having them at dispense. Orders under $800 do not receive any customs charges by US Customs. Do I have to pay any customs charges or duties?Ī. We are located in Canada and we are not required to charge US state sales taxes. To see what your shipping charge (if any) will be you can add the item(s) and quantities to the shopping cart and you will see a shipping cost calculator.Ī.
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