<<todd>> writes:

An example of how lines can disable a pilot's escape from the sea.
Surf = bad when in one's wing.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFrtdIKqMuw

It nearly takes out several well wishers and you can see it drag the pilot
repeatedly toward the undertow. Eventually they find a knife (where's the
pilot's hook knife??) And hack him free of the wing, but he's still tied up and
unable to drag himself up the steep shore.

Bad day for anyone.