Is it possible to re-attach the boom while still under sail? I must not have tighted the boom vang or the outhaul enough and it came crashing down into the cockpit after a couple hours of sailing. When I couldn't coordinate controling the tiller and reattaching the boom at the same time, I let out the main sheet enough so that it folded in half infront of the mast and tried best I could to "run" back to shore. The stratagy was working until the rudder lost it's effectiveness ten feet from shore, where I thought it was shallow enough to get out and pull it in. I was wrong & learned why you always stay with your boat.
Anyway, what should I have done?
Anyway, what should I have done?