I finally got to sail my H16 in some real wind. Today after a little thunderstorm we had 20-25 MPH winds. So of course I put the boat in and sail it solo. Holy schnike these boats fly, flip and can be a really wild ride. Let’s see I flipped the boat three times one a pitch pole. I flipped it three times but I ended up righting it four times I righted one time and had it flip over in the other direction. The really odd thing about it is I thought in higher wind the boat would come around easier than in lower wind. I have the Hawaiian style righting lines but it did not work the best. Are the lines supposed to be routed inside or out side the shrouds? Because mine are on the inside and the lines kept getting snagged on the little twisted clip on the base of the shroud. The really bad ting about the day is I lost the bottom mainsail batten one of the times I flipped. The batten was old and the end cap was pretty much destroyed so the batten slipped out in the water. Ii was missing one when I bought the boat now I am missing the two longest battens for the main sail. If anyone in Wisconsin or the U.P. has extras that they would like to sell let me know.
Outside.