Dave.... you make a key point
If you have a self tacking jib and don't have a quick release system the jib will pull the boat off the wind relatively quickly and the boat will take off like a rocket.
How do you get there? swim under hull.... go forward and around the bow? go aft under the tramp... around the rudders and forward to the shroud... trap handle?
Do you have a quick release on your jib's clew? (and let it flog when you right the boat....) then reattach the sheets and off you go...
What does your quick release look like?
Final point.... Who needs to move their butt... you or your quicker and more nimble crew who can ride the boat up... climb over the beam and get to the rudders to park the boat ASAP?
Last edited by Mark Schneider; 08/18/14 11:55 AM.