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Merlinboy 
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Ross
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I have "hose pipe" style handles towards the back of my Contender. I don't use them and I doubt I ever will. The thought of getting my foot trapped in it in a capsize scares me. I'm taking them of when I fit the new progrip. If you have progrip I doubt that you would need the anyway?
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MRJP BUZZ 585
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Posted: 05 Jun 07 at 10:36pm |
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You definately need them on some boats, cherub comes to mind
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Villan
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Nosediving, wave jumping, superlight skiffs .. Yes, I can see them needing them ...
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m_liddell
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Why not buy the real thing?
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Contender 541
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Posted: 06 Jun 07 at 7:12am |
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DONT take them off just yet Ross. They are very good and helpful for trapezing on a broad reach in marginal conditions. You need your weight back, but without them there is no way to brace yourself apart from friction. Even if you can brace on friction alone, your feet will hurt like hell after a short time |
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 06 Jun 07 at 9:26am |
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Ross i sail a morrision 12 international 14, and you need them !!!! we have "the proper thing" at the moment, but we are fitting another toe loop so i thought change them all for the quick realease style i have been semi caught once and it aint nice trust me. I just wondered if anybody has fitter them if so are they heavy, crap good??? |
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Scooby_simon
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Posted: 06 Jun 07 at 9:47am |
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I have a set of Magic Marine ones on the back of the 16; used them a few times and they keep you there when the front of the boat disappears in to a wave. Just make sure they are not too tight. Don't want to be stuck in them if the boat does go in....
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timnoyce
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Posted: 06 Jun 07 at 9:54am |
I say fit them at a slight angle as mine are upright and wish they weren't! It's not often that you are in the footloops stood vertical! |
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skiffcrew
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Posted: 06 Jun 07 at 10:02am |
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i always fit mine verticaly as then when you get low on the trapeze your foot rolls back and locks you in, i don't know how easy it would be to get your foot out in an emergency but its fine for normal manouvers as i tend to stand up on the gunwale holding the trap handle to free the clip.
also if they were mounted horizontaly then if you capsized it would be harder to get your foot out, i'd have thought? |
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