Recent content by ill will

Oh yea I understand, but I'm saying that the telltales were wet from capsizing earlier and were stuck to the sail.

Cool thanks for the tips, guys. I had already went for a swim once by that point and the telltales weren't telling me much.

I have only read a tiny bit on the death roll, but I don't believe that was what happened. I don't recall much rolling at all in this particular moment. Granted, I was mostly watching the boom and thinking wtf and wondering what was gonna happen next; but I think I would remember if there was...

It was more boom than rolling. I mean the boom was at least 30 deg with respect to the deck and the boat was relatively flat at that point. Also, wouldn't rolling to leeward bring the boom down?

Hi, Just started on Lasers after taking some sailing classes this summer. Took a Laser out during lunchtime yesterday with some fairly gusty conditions. At some point, I bear off to go on a run for a bit. I had the sail out pretty much 90 deg with respect to the centerline of the boat. Maybe...