Sunfish Re-boarding Stirup

I usually capsize my Sunfish one or two times per season and have found in recent years that getting my 81 year old body back in the cockpit seems to get more difficult than it was when I was younger. I wondered if it would be easier if I rigged a simple stirup to put my foot in when re-boarding. What I came up with was a length of line attached to the aft hiking strap eye and a loop at the other end kept open with a length of hardware store plastic tubing, see attached photos, I had...

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