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 BIGGEST problem was getting up on the upturned hull. Once on the hull, then it was a case of holding the dagger board and leaning over - it took a while but it did right it self (and for a Mod 1 there was surpsing little water in the cuddy).
So my question to all out there; IS THERE AN EASY WAY TO GET ON THE UPTURNED HULL WHEN IN THE WATER? I eventually succeeded from the back - but there is nothing grab hold off. Am I doing something dumb?
I am going to get a mast buoy - as the boat turtled within about 20 seconds after capsizing - a mast bouy would have stopped the boat rolling completely over.
Gerry
To sum up - it was a bear to right the boat. The BIGGEST problem was getting up on the upturned hull. Once on the hull, then it was a case of holding the dagger board and leaning over - it took a while but it did right it self (and for a Mod 1 there was surpsing little water in the cuddy).
So my question to all out there; IS THERE AN EASY WAY TO GET ON THE UPTURNED HULL WHEN IN THE WATER? I eventually succeeded from the back - but there is nothing grab hold off. Am I doing something dumb?
I am going to get a mast buoy - as the boat turtled within about 20 seconds after capsizing - a mast bouy would have stopped the boat rolling completely over.
Gerry