Winch Handles and Keeping Them Aboard

[jimisbell]

I have 5 winches on the GS 36 and I also need a handle for the roller boom furling. The sheet and halyard winches are all standard and use a relatively cheap handle. BUT the roller boom furling handle is unique and expensive AND is usually on the foredeck in the worst of weather. I dont want it going overboard. Durring bad weather is NOT the time to loose tha abillity to put a reef in the main. I have considered wrist straps but cannot conceive of a way to fasten them so that they wont wrap up when you are trying to do multiple turns.

Any one solved this problem??