he tied one end of the heaving line to a grappling hook , and the other end tightly around his wrist ; it would be more than his life was worth if he let go of the rope , and the creative pilots idea was to dart in before the nancy green boat got its knickers out of its twist , land , taxi passed the drugs , then td3 would fling out the hook , snag one of the connecting lines and then they could taxi away faster than that wreck could go , and retrieve the drugs at their leisure .