"MC" wrote in message
Maxprop wrote:


See other posts. I've grown tired of needlessly dropping tools
overboard.
Rings are cheap.

Perhaps you should attach your tool to soemthing.

Um, I'm not gonna go there . . .

It's a good idea for
heavy weather and a requirement for the bolt cutters...

I've been drilling holes in the distal ends of the handles/grips of many of
my more valued tools for this reason. Oddly enough, a large stainless
cotter ring through the hole in the handle works perfectly for attaching a
lanyard with a small snap hook at the end. Good for working aloft as well.
Crew was getting ****ed at being bombed by tools from the masthead.

Max