ahhahaha thats a secret weapon i have my dear Watson! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

But in all seriousness, its what I have called the Bret Moss kickup system. He engineered it. Its an expensive mod. My boat has (on each hull) a carbon tube that runs from the stern to just forward of the rear beam, just like in the photo. Then it goes to the cheek block and finishes in the clam cleat. This is my rudder pull down system. If I hit something the clam cleat releases the rudder and up she goes.
The advantage of this system is TWO FOLD.
ONE: You do not have to go to leeward to release the rudder.
TWO: you release from windward, and you reset from windward.
Uncleat the line the rudders come up, pull the line and rudders go down. This works good for south FL, because we have tons and tons of sea grass that is always getting caught in the rudders. My rudders and rudder stocks have been modified for this mod. I had to drill holes in the rudders and in the stock in order to accommodate the lines. This line, also helps ease the load on the sterns. When sailing the rudders want to go back, due to water resistance (it may not be much, but still) Once the line is loaded she is actually pulling the rudders forward.

As far as the traps go, NO, the less time I can spend in front of the boat, the better. My boat is setup mostly for single handed sailing. So my trap line is where I am supposed to be. Everything is within a arms length distance.