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Keep a grappling hook onboard
Following the article about freeing from a lobster pot (‘Could you free yourself from a lobster pot?’, February 2020), may I recommend carrying a small grappling hook.
A few years ago when sailing downwind with tide, in a moderate following sea, and stiff breeze, my yacht was caught on a lobster pot close to the shore. My wife was the only other person aboard. The line could not be reached from the stern even with an extended boat hook, and we considered it to be unsafe to go overboard. The
