AdvKayaker
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And my last until I get a few things up to par. Went out Sunday evening for a few hours. I found I wasn't having the best of days sailing so I brought her closer to shore to try a self rescue. It didn't take long for me to see a few things go wrong and fast.
1. I needed to secure all lines much better. 2. The bungie for my daggerboard wasn't tight enough to hold the board in place when turtled. Being upside down, with my head in the footwell so I could breathe, removing the daggerboard to re-tighten the bungie was really kinda fun in a way. Seeing all the line floating around just waiting to tangle me up didn't exactly give me any warm fuzzy feelings though.
Righting an inverted Sailfish is actually super easy *once you get the daggerboard to stay where you want it*. Three more times (un-intended btw) the same thing happened. Once, possibly twice it was due to too much crap in the footwell. The mainsheet got tangled around my feet and ankles. After that I just threw the remaining overboard.
Tiller extension! I don't have one. I'm not going out again until I do. Performance in the wind is far superior when seated further forward. Too bad I can barely reach the tiller when I'm there.
1. I needed to secure all lines much better. 2. The bungie for my daggerboard wasn't tight enough to hold the board in place when turtled. Being upside down, with my head in the footwell so I could breathe, removing the daggerboard to re-tighten the bungie was really kinda fun in a way. Seeing all the line floating around just waiting to tangle me up didn't exactly give me any warm fuzzy feelings though.
Righting an inverted Sailfish is actually super easy *once you get the daggerboard to stay where you want it*. Three more times (un-intended btw) the same thing happened. Once, possibly twice it was due to too much crap in the footwell. The mainsheet got tangled around my feet and ankles. After that I just threw the remaining overboard.
Tiller extension! I don't have one. I'm not going out again until I do. Performance in the wind is far superior when seated further forward. Too bad I can barely reach the tiller when I'm there.