I once had a plastic milk bottle bailer on 900mm of 8mm polypropylene which got tangled round my friends ankle while swimming towards a pinning that bent the boat 90 degrees ,fortunately (due to training) I had a knife very handy ! otherwise he would have been trapped in exactly the wrong place , I now view any loose rope as a hazard ,and my bailer is on a very short bungy clip.
I once had a plastic milk bottle bailer on 900mm of 8mm polypropylene which got tangled round my friends ankle while swimming towards a pinning that bent the boat 90 degrees ,fortunately (due to training) I had a knife very handy ! otherwise he would have been trapped in exactly the wrong place , I now view any loose rope as a hazard ,and my bailer is on a very short bungy clip.