With regard to open nets as tramps I like to add my experience with this because I use an open net already for three year.

Never a "normal" tramp again for me; I like it and I love it. For me it is the right solution for coping better with incoming break and waves.

See for that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9dcmhmlk4E&feature=channel

But you need to use the right open net!

No knotted fishing nets etc. They hurt on your knees.

I ordered mine with Sunrise Yacht Products (multihullnets.com) and they custom made for me from polyester rope with holes of 1-1/2", treated for UV and finished with a rope border which I could lace very easy (lacing gap 2-1/2") to the hulls and the beams.

Don't forget the net is WOVEN, not knotted.

In the trapeze you don't bother for the water which strikes through the net. I would say it enhances your feeling with the sea and your sailing!

Last edited by northsea junkie; 11/14/11 05:05 AM.
ronald
RAIDER-15 (homebuilt)

hey boy, what did you do over there, alone far out at sea?..
"huh....., that's the only place where I'm happy, sir.