[quote=tami]Righting is more about technique than weight per se. I've watched a 120-lb girl right a Hobie 16 by herself. Certainly the weight you're carrying will manage fine, and actually as heavy as you'd be, it'll be a miracle if the boat flips. You will prolly pitchpole before going over abeam. ;-)
I don't think the chute would be too much, but at this point, it's more worth your time to learn to sail the boat as is than to introduce more complications. Sailing is sailing, yes. But multihull sailing is apparent wind sailing, so it is not exactly the same as monohull sailing. Weight, and placement of same, is far more critical, and sail trim will be very different (you'll trim far flatter, you'll sail on the main rather than the jib, and you'll steer rather than trim).[/quote]
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