Moving around the boat

If moving around a sailing boat, and if she is heeled to leeward, always move forward on the higher or windward side.  You are further from the water, if hooked on with your harness and you do fall, you have further to go and are less likely to fall overboard.  If you do slip there are more things to grab hold of on your way and therefore a better chance of you avoiding a dunking. If going forward on the leeward side everything is the other way round.  Skippers, how often do you brief your crew to work on the windward side of your boat?

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