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When I capsize, the weather is usually a bit windier...!
I see that my idea (above) wouldn't work for that very reason.Obviously a big difference in the freeboard on a Sunfish, but my problem was that as you pushed down on the stirrup it simply would swing under the boat rather than allow you to step up with it.
Wouldn't he be helped more with a strap around the crotch—front to back on a regular PFD?Seriously, one of the best ideas that an octogenarian I sail with is wearing a waterski belt (in appropriately tame conditions) so he can get back on board easily when upper body strength fails. These aren't Coast Guard approved of course, but just a regular pfd leaves him up to his neck in the water while a ski belt raises the body out more.