Using the hiking straps last year in the Oxford race would have saved a very nice finish for us. I was comfortably sitting on the rea quarter driving downwind, Alec on the wire, having a nice day a 20+ when I simply lost balance from a wave and went off the back of the boat. If I had at least had a foot under the strap I would've stayed on and saved a DSQ after getting separated from the boat.

I also use them in conditions where trapping is too much - as a true hiking strap. We're now in the process of putting them on the bottom of the tramp for handholds after a capsize...