Last season, I managed to snag the main halyard on my radar reflector (tube type) without noticing while I was attaching it to the main in a brisk wind. When I raised the sail, the halyard sliced through all the cable ties attaching the reflector to the shroud.
The reflector clung to the halyard and I lowered the sail to retrieve it. About 10 feet above the deck, the halyard released the reflector, which conked my wife on the head as she was waiting to catch it. It took a few minutes to ascertain whether she had been badly injured; not, but she had a goose egg. The reflector bounced into the water. I swam to retrieve it, still bobbing around not far from the boat. -- Derek Kennedy SV Tortuga C&C30 mk1 Ballantynes Cove, NS
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