"Even via the outside windwardsite is under those conditions very risky for loosing contact with my cat. And also there is the danger that I get trapped in my open net tramp with the trapezehook down."- NSJ

You deserve alot of respect, sailing your boat the way you do, in the coditions you do, etc.- I watched some of your vids you posted.

There have been many threads over the years, and a lengthy one I remember after one of the Tornado sailors drown years ago.
Anyway,
with your mesh tramp, as you well know, using a standard hook or your trap is a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Granted, any line (we all use such small lines these days) could get wrapped around a hook anywhere, at anytime.
One of my sloutions is wearing a sit type harness that doesn't go over my head, and release it in an emergency in this situation of a hook fouled/caught of something I couldn't get free of. HOwever, I realize that this may not even be the case in some hypothetical situations.

Threads like this are great, and we all learn from them- carry on


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