Safety line--stupid question?

[Olaf Bleck]

From Class Rules:

9.3 A safety line shall be installed in the aft part of the cockpit. The aft safety line shall be a minimum diameter of 4mm (approx. 3/16").

What exactly is this? I can't seem to find it defined anywhere.  Is it a throwout line? or perhaps a line to grab to haul yourself back in over the transom? (Not that my split tail main sheet hasn't served that purpose once or twice...)

Thx!

[Peter Beardsley]

Is it a throwout line? or perhaps a line to grab to haul yourself back in over the transom?

The latter.  Ties in straight across the eyestraps on the cockpit floor for the mainsheet tails.

[Olaf Bleck]

Got it!  Thx