Does anyone carry wire cutters for emergency situations?
You need to elaborate more. It seems like you are asking if you should cut a piece of standing rigging and that seems very extreme.
~~ Only for my toe-nails~~~~ 😆 but you should carry a knife if you should happen to get caught under the tramp if ya flip and can't get out from under it. Ya can always buy another tramp.... Wife & kids can't buy another DAD !!!
popeyez7 wrote: ~~ Only for my toe-nails~~~~ 😆 but you should carry a knife if you should happen to get caught under the tramp if ya flip and can't get out from under it. Ya can always buy another tramp.... Wife & kids can't buy another DAD !!!
agreed! it should be ALWAYS within reach (in or on your pfd).
i have had to cut a spin halyard to avoid a capsize in some real weather in a bad location (attempted to pop a spin in 25+ and it got fouled on the douse right near the intra-coastal)
some people carry Sea snipps - 
http://scubadiving.toplisted.net/product/www.crazyscuba.com/pd_sea_snips.cfm [TL3F]RID=17[TL26]TID=9
edited by: andrewscott, Aug 12, 2010 - 10:15 AM