Thanks a heap guys!.
I joined these forums last weekish, and looked though a bit to find some safety facts about towing from a ball.
No more then hours later I was rung, told to get to salt creek and found myself 3 hours from home fishing on the beach.
On my way down the beach I was stopped and asked for a tow, the towee just so happened to sling the snatch em over the ball. Where I proudly stated, nah mate, you'll kill someone like that :P.