Righting experience
Hi,The short version is, it can be done but its not fun.The longer version goes thusly:I went yesterday and rigged and launched the boat. Water temperature was in the high forties so I wore a 6mm wetsuit. Without sails or anything, I tied the bow to the dock so that it would stream of into the wind. Put the centerboard down, and had a friend with a Boston Whaler pull a halyard until the gunwale went under and the boat took on enough water to roll.So, the mast bob does work. The boat would not turtle, though I am concerned that the fitting at the top of the mast is not happy with the load. (Does anyone know where to replace it?) Laying on the centerboard allowed me to right the boat, but it was a lot of work. The real problem comes next. The scuppers are too high, I think, so that there is a lot of water sloshing around in the hull after righting. This seemed to make it extrememly unstable.Towing the boat with the whaler allow the bailer to empty the cockpit but I don't know if I could keep the boat righted long enough to do the trick under sail.Any ideas?Kat