Well, I had my first capsize in the C14.2 over the weekend. It was actually pretty easy to capsize. It was blowing 10-15 and I was sailing under main alone and I was getting along pretty well and having a lot of fun. I was out for a quick little sail to determine if I should bring my son out on the boat with me after his nap (2 years old). I had determined that I would not since the healing of the boat would scare him and it was a bit gusty.
I went to tack and realized the mainsheet has gotten tangled up around my leg. I, not so smartingly, cleated the main and quickly sat back ddown to untangle the line from my leg so I could tack and jump over to the other side of the boat. Well, the boat was in mid tack when this was happening and I sat back down (on the low side) right as the wind caught the sail completing the tack. Over she went pretty quickly.
Righting the boat was pretty easy. I uncleated the main, swam around the boat, and just pulled down on the centerboard with my hands like doing a pull-up. She sprang right back up. The water was not all that deep, but the boat must have turtled a bit because the windvane was broken and there was a bit of mud on top of the mast. Then, it was fun man overboard drills recollecting my lifejacket (nope, wasn't on) and seat cushion.
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 went to tack and realized the mainsheet has gotten tangled up around my leg. I, not so smartingly, cleated the main and quickly sat back ddown to untangle the line from my leg so I could tack and jump over to the other side of the boat. Well, the boat was in mid tack when this was happening and I sat back down (on the low side) right as the wind caught the sail completing the tack. Over she went pretty quickly.
Righting the boat was pretty easy. I uncleated the main, swam around the boat, and just pulled down on the centerboard with my hands like doing a pull-up. She sprang right back up. The water was not all that deep, but the boat must have turtled a bit because the windvane was broken and there was a bit of mud on top of the mast. Then, it was fun man overboard drills recollecting my lifejacket (nope, wasn't on) and seat cushion.
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.