"I just figured I would share to let everyone know it was not that hard to right the boat and remember don't cleat the main if you have much wind at all! I probably won't lay the sheet in my lap anymore either."
I capsized twice this summer and under the same conditions. I have been surprised...
sailing downwind
I'm not a big fan of sailing directly down wind - I find that the boat is in it's most
unstable mode and the slightest shift in weight/wind/current can de-stabalize
the boat.
It's almost like balancing a broom on the end of your finger. The slightest movement of
your...
dry cuddy
I would not store the sails in the cuddy; Ideally they should be dried out and stored in a dry area - the cuddy is not a dry area !!! I store my Capri on a trailer with the tongue rased; Even with the bung removed - not all the water drains out;
Once the sails are dry - I store...
getting on hull of turtled boat
"a line you can leave tied to a stern cleat... long enough to drape across the turtled boat."
This is a great idea - I wish I had thought of this when I turtled last week; I could have used the jib line and thrown it over the hull and used that to haul myself...
ladder
"I mounted a two step folding boarding ladder "
would you have a picture of your set up? I'm having a hard time visualizing where it would
mount.
thanks
Well it was bound to happen; after sailing in the Capri for over 2 years in ever stronger winds - today was the day the I capsized and turtled the boat. I had kind of been expecting this as I kept pushing the envelope each time I went out.
To sum up - it was a bear to right the boat. The...
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