Most common injuries seem to result from slipping while on the trapeze, usually as a result of a near pitchpoll, the worst that I know of is a guy in our club who had to have stitches in his butt when he landed very heavily on the corner casting of his Hobie 16.

I have had dents in my shins from similar accidents, usually from being thrown forward then hitting the front beam on the return journey.

The golden rule during one of these trips is be sure that no matter what else happens both feet go the same side of the mast

Another injury that happened to a crew of mine, was when he didn't get out from under the hull when we righted a H16, the hull came down on his head as he was looking up to avoid it, I never realised until then that a black eye can occur almost instantly.

Gareth
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