"DSK" wrote in message
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Gilligan wrote:
I had a Capri 13.2.
Was it the 14.2 sloop or the 13 cat (like a Laser)?
It was the Catalina 14.2:
http://www.catalinayachts.com/yachts...id=6&link=spec
The centerboard and rudder fit perfectly from my Coronado 15.
It was impossible for one man to get back over if you turtled it.
Hmmm... I wonder how you were trying it. I have never seen a
crew-ballasted centerboarder, including a Flying Scot or Lightning, that
couldn't be pulled back up *IF* the right technique were used. The Johnson
18 with it's wide beam & side tanks was like a catamaran when turtled, it
took a righting line (similar to one used by a catamaran) and crew weight
on the bow.
I am dangerous to sail with. There probably is a way to right the boat
singlehanded but it wasn't as easy as all the other boat's I've turtled. I
frequently sail alone in bad conditions.
We have rescued people from Hobie 1-14s, along with other small boats,
that seemed extremely reluctant to come back up. Once you get the boat
oriented right, uncleat the sheets & sometimes the vang, and get the right
leverage (such as a righting line across the bottom from one of the
chainplates) then they come right back.
The worst scenario is when a double-hulled boat, such as is intended to be
self-rescuing, has taken on water between the hull & cockpit floor/sides.
This makes it difficult to right because the free surface effect inside
the hull keeps yanking the boat back, then once the boat is upright, it
negates the boat's form stability. Big PITA. This is why some old-timers
insist that modern self-bailing dinghy are unsafe (kind of the way some
salty types insist that roller furling is no darn good).
This was a concern for me because I sail in very cold water.
Hypothermia is a big problem, certainly not one to be taken lightly.
I spent 45 minutes in the water in February from one episode, no wetsuit and
tangled in the lines. I can take cold immersion pretty well because of
muscle mass but after that one I threw up from the adrenaline. The last
knock down I had resulted in MOB and another knockdown in trying to get the
guy. Chinook winds and tornadoes get you everytime. At least I can draw
spectators when sailing.
Fresh Breezes- Doug King