Trapeze harness

I had a crew who used to swear by it....but i suppose it's a comfort thing.  To begin with it's fine but I have a hunch as you trapeze for longer you will start to wish you had a bit more support.

But in answer to your question there's nothing too bad about it whilst you get the hang of things.

And the hook points upwards on a windsurf trapeze harness, which could have hilarious consequences for the rescue boat's point of view.

Edited by Black no sugar

Probabaly, but then you'd have something a bit bulky, with too many straps for what you need.

I think on some twin wire boats helms often wear windsurf "sit" harnesses, as they really don't flatwire much/ever, and the reduced bulk/straps is a good thing for them. But any less support is just going to make it difficult and damage you. There's a reason why they're such different designs.

"As far as I know, hooks all point down on windsurfing harnesses". 

Oh yes.. of course they do. 

But the hooks are a fat triangle to stop wear on your harness lines, yes?  whereas the dinghy hook is designed to go in a relatively narrow metal loop and I wonder if a windsurfing hook would fit the hole in the loop properly.

Anyway, my trapezing on sunday (F5 in a Javelin) was measured in hours.  And was I glad of those shoulder straps!

Often start out with the shoulder straps loose .. as it makes walking possible.  But am usually cinching them tight by half way up the first beat.

Please try it and let us know..  and if I get a chance to go windsurfing anywhen soon I'll do likewise.