The daggerboard on the Sunfish and Sailfish is an important element of capsize recovery, after a capsize the first thing to do is make sure the sheet is clear and then check that the daggerboard is fully inserted. A retaining line was added to the Alcort Fish in the mid 1960s so that folks don't have to go swimming after the daggerboard, it was a small diameter line that tied through a 1/4 inch hole on one of the daggerboard cleats and secured at the other end to an eyestrap on the deck just forward of the daggerboard trunk.
We added a line to PHOENIX, used 1/8th inch diameter Dacron cord from New England Ropes, sold by West Marine in 50 foot packs back near their line wall. Tied with a bowline on each end.
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