Joe said:
Being able to right a boat is sailing 101. Everyone that sails a dink
should be able to right the boat they sail. And they should be left
alone and given the time and space to do it.

I agree wholeheartedly with this. At our yacht club, the first in-boat
lesson is capsizing and righting.
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