[quote=drivejunk]I bought a P-19 last year, and have capsized, uh, sailed it in SF bay, Tomales Bay, Lake Berryessa and the delta. It's my second boat, if you count a Cal 20 that I sailed a few times.
I love it, and crash it regularly, I weigh 150, and am not experienced, but am learning the fun, uh, hard way!
Righting it is easy with a 300 lb crew weight, I have a righting pole and bag that I have yet to use, but haven't single hand (capsized) sailed it yet.
Anyway, what I want to say is that I rigged up a pulley on the trailer that is 3' higher than the existing one, and it will pull the mast up easily, and doing it myself is a piece of cake. I just have to run my checklist and it's all good. The pin in the mast bottom, the trapeze lines tied to the spinnaker cleats to keep the mast from going sideways, and the jib halyard tied to the rope in the pulley.
It goes up and down easily and safely, though I use a crutch to hold the end of the mast up, or a person, it would be better to have something off the back of the trailer.
I have a Mama Bob at the mast head, and a roller jib. I intend to do some touring around the bay and delta as well as any lakes that I manage to get to.
I clocked it at 25 MPH on the GPS once, and it is definitely a handful on a reach in 3' chop, but man, what a ride!
Anton[/quote]
