Harness Haze

And that's your choice.

You have had an experience where a QR hook would make you feel safer but I have never seen or heard of anyone I know who has been endagered by a harness. I have, however seen and heard of lots of instances where a sailor has been injured/hospitalised because of a knock to the head by a boom (I do sail a Contender remember ), does that mean that every sailor should wear crash helmets?

Where would it end? In a lot of money being spent, a lot of freedom being lost and the sport I love being regulated like F1... yawn.

I don't want to gate crash your conversation, but have you had a close look at those QR hooks? Contender443 bought a new harness at the Dinghy Show and received his brand new spreader bar, complete with safety hook, last week. (He would tell you himself, but he's working hard... bless...)

Of course, the first thing we did was to take the whole thing apart, to see how it worked. It took him 5 or 6 goes to release the hook. It's not easy ! I imagine when your life's in danger, you're likely to pull much harder

However, you still need to keep a cool head to locate the bit of string that will pull the pin that will lose the hook that will release you  

Oh, and a tip: when you receive your new hook system, you might feel the unstoppable urge to give it a good tug .. Make sure you've got nowhere to go fast, 'cos putting it together again is.... fun, fun, fun!!!