OK, let me preface this with a simple FACT-    

There could not possibly be any less reason for an aspiring skydiver to bother to scroll down and even see what a Capewell is, since I can guarantee you 100% that they will never again incinerate themselves back into sport parachuting. They could not possibly by any more OBSOLETE. So if you are perusing this website with the goal of  taking up the sport, I suggest you click your back arrow and look up something worthwhile rather than scroll down. 

If you are just goofing around wasting time, then by all means, go ahead and scroll on down i

I horked the following photos (please forgive me?) from http://60sjumper.skydiveworld.com/hamilton.htm

"Two-Shot Capewells" These boogers were a very awkward, complicated way to release a parachute from the harness. Since then, bill booth of the Relative Workshop, the manufacturer of our Sigma Tandem parachute systems has developed the three ring release, a much better release system:

I horked this three ring release picture from Wikipedia. I hope they don't mind...