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    Posted: 06 Feb 07 at 4:30pm
Originally posted by Medway Maniac

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One point nobody's mentioned:

I've found that a harness which seemed perfectly good turned into a hospitalisation job when I changed my swimming trunks to a different style, even tho' I was wearing a shorty on top of them in both instances.

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Originally posted by Matt Jackson

Yeah but nappies have only caught on recently


Are you quite sure about that? I've used nothing else for the last thirty five years...
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Yeah but nappies have only caught on recently so for the majority of boats they always have been fine and will continue to be so. There is obviously a move to nappies in skiff type boats but as we've discussed before it's hard to define a skiff .

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But also generally if you change boat you keep the same harness so you need a harness that will be good for the majority of boats
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Originally posted by Iain C

However, I'd just like to point out that when I had a Contender I never ever used to get tangles with my strappy Magic Marine (we're not talking entrapment here, just taking trap rings across the boat with you etc) yet on the Cherub, much smaller boat with more wires, I do, all the time. 

That's really why I was saying that strappy is OK because this thread is about the best harness for RS600s which are on the face of it very similar to Contenders.
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Matt, fair point.

However, I'd just like to point out that when I had a Contender I never ever used to get tangles with my strappy Magic Marine (we're not talking entrapment here, just taking trap rings across the boat with you etc) yet on the Cherub, much smaller boat with more wires, I do, all the time.  I still have the MM harness as a spare and it is comfy and it's usually fine on the rare occasion I'm in the front of my Fireball, it just sometimes gets tangled and can come undone.

I've had 2 nappies now, brand X was ok, but sometimes it would "all go wrong" resulting in rather undignified adjustments between races.  However the P&B is a made to measure, and the difference is very, very, noticeable.  You say you have tried on several nappies, I doubt very much that they were made to measure.
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With the made to measure harnesses i can see your point, but with most nappy harnesses they are adjustable so if you change shape you can adjust the straps to suit.
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Originally posted by timnoyce

Originally posted by Matt Jackson

My advice (especially considering the type of boat you sail) is go strappy unless a: you like to be in pain and b: you are not planning on changing shape or altering the amount of clothes you wear whilst sailing.



This is a personal preference thing Matt. I have almost hospitalised myself on a couple of occasions with the magic marine leg strap harness yet find a nappy most comfortable. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!

Yeah, I started out saying that and thought: hell everybody else thinks their advice is the only one worth taking so...

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Originally posted by Matt Jackson

 if you change shape your harness isn't going to fit



Not with the adjustable harnesses

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Originally posted by Matt Jackson

 if you change shape your harness isn't going to fit



Not with the adjustable harnesses
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