The Foretrex is one of the greatest innovations and most spectacular devices for long distance racing and buoy racing (great start timer) I've ever seen....that is....until the stupid-butt, under-designed, pins that hold it to the wrist band pop off and you lose it after the first 20 minutes.

I've lost three and broke one of the pins on my fourth unit the first day I had it out at Spring Fever.

The problem is that the band is in the center of the unit and there is nowhere to attach a lanyard. If the band were offset to one side or the other, it wouldn't extend out over the back of your hand (lean down on the trampoline and bend your wrist back...poop! it's gone.)


I'm desinging a carbon fiber sheath for it now though that will be handed and have a MUCH more secure mounting method than those overextend watch pins. Other than that, if you can keep the standard strap high on your forearm (and don't snag anything) you're OK (until you capsize and snag it on something).