I have ordered a rope cutter from Stripper, they are the only one that will work on my saildrive (and even then requires some custom adapters). Even that was an adventure, as I inadvertently jumped into a long standing feud between the Stripper manufacturer and the prop manufacturer! I already have a deflector at the spade rudder. When I got hooked, I was sailing with the prop stopped, and even after hauling out I cannot determine where and how I was hooked. It was not on the rudder, but somewhere on the keel or saildrive.

We saw lot of lobster pots in the Northumberland Strait, but nothing like the density and dispersity in Maine. We were about 11 miles offshore, thinking we were safe.....