Wait!
I need clarification! You had four men plus you -- five men -- on a Hobie 16, with four of them trapped out? I think I must be misunderstanding something here.
Undo the bungees under the tramp and swing all the trap wires to one side. The fun part was when preparing to tack coming to the realization that all four would have to make a running leap around the forestay to get to the other side. Testosterone had not allowed us to plan that far in advance
