Jeff skrev:
Popping the vang and the spinnaker sheet are the only things left to do,
but reaching them might be impossible. Oddly, raising the centerboard
might work, but the stress on it now would make that unlikely. The
problem is probably caused by having the board all the way down while
reaching.

I'd probably be preparing to slip a leg over the side to stay dry.

* Jonathan Ganz wrote, On 3/7/2007 7:01 PM:
In article .com,
wrote:

Not so likely to pitchpole when going slow, unless there's really big
waves. Pitchpoling is more of a hazard of going 'way fast, when the
bow digs into a wave.

True, but it looks like there's enough to do it to it. In a sense,
you'd be going too fast if you tried to head down... at least that's
how it looks to me.

Martin Baxter wrote:
That indeed, is a possibility, no guts, no glory.
I think the boat in the picture has gone past the point where the
skipper can point downwind and settle things down. But contrary to
normal sailing reflex, with an A-sail on a sprit, putting the bow into
the wind ain't gonna work. These guys could be trapped. Casting off
the vang will take pressure off the upper part of the main, works with
conventional sloops too... pretty much their last hope in the pic.

Well, you said they only have a few seconds... I'd try to head up,
even if it meant falling on the tiller to get that way. I mean what
are the real alternatives? You have to dump the wind somehow or you're
doomed for sure.

Capt. JG wrote:
In So. Cal., I wouldn't care so much... up here... too friggin cold to
go in the drink.

New technology... wetsuits!

Some crude people call them "Dinghy Sailors Depends."

Heh... sorry, I don't want to be in water in which I'd want a wetsuit.

This sounds right to me . Sorry that I answered in an other tread
saying: "why haven't any one mentioned the kicking strap ?"

(Iasume thet kicking strap =vang , in this case9

Peter