New Hobie

My two cents.

Keeping the  FF, pole holders, crab pullers, down riggers, etc out of the paddle stroke and re-entry zone (after a dip) should be kept in mind.

IME, removing them from the mounts and laying them down deals with the paddle stroke issue.  Keeping one side clear in your reentry area deals with getting back in.  And if it's that much of an emergency, I'm ripping things off to get them out of my way.  The arms and extenders and miscellany are plastic.  I'm 180 pounds...