[quote=eddiecat]great thread-I was going to post my thoughts on soloing my H-16 because last friday was awesome:
I was off work, no one out but a sunfish and large keel boat, some pontoons
lake is no-wake (thus no big waves just smooth sailing with small whitecaps)
wind 10-15mph steady SSE (lake is narrow E to W)
so could set close hauled up and down ~ 3 miles all afternoon
although I didn't have to clip in and hike out, just sat out on the rail (I'm 220#) I was able to consistently get the hull up just skimming or 2-3 ft depending on my tiller and mainsheet handling. It was a slice of boat karma just feeling the wind,sail, hike out and main sheet to keep the hull up. I really didn't want to quit but it staerted getting dark.
A couple times I blew past pontoons 'cause they couldn't exceed wake. :lol: The guy in the keel boat threw me a beer towards the end, and helped me unstep my mast on shore.
Overall a great day-what sailing is about
oh, my girlfriend called me while flying a hull and I about lost my cowboy hat!! Yee Ha!!
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