Wrinklie (since he's always by himself and has to solicit help) uses quick pins and after stepping puts in pins w/ring dings. Of course this will be harder to do with a single forestay.

To me a couple of minutes more is worth the peace of mind. We have no quick pins on the boat we race. Now our 16 play boat has quick pins for the forestay, blocks, tiller. I try to remember to release tension on the forestay and tug on the bridle quick pin to make sure that it's secure.