Todd,



I have come close to doing that. I was too concerned about the possibility of drowning to care about my leg. I was very lucky to come out of that one with only a sore knee and some swelling of an old ACL rip. I am very sorry that you have taken such a serious blow. I'm sure that many of us have come close to getting it, but you were the unlucky guy and for that I feel very sympathetic.



Those straps can be quite dangerous and I hope that these postings will help others in injury avoidance. Just a month ago I was dragging Alan Thompson, "ud side down" and backwards through the water on his boat as his leg was caught in the strap. He came out of that without much damage in the end, but had his head hit the underwater reef.. !



GARY