[quote=Edchris177][quote]What works on a calm lake may be difficult in swells, [/quote]
+1 When we turtled the entire fleet last week my buddy said he could not walk out on the sharp upturned edge of the N5.0, due the very rough conditions. The waves had built from solid whitecaps to long breaking swells that collapsed after running for 10 seconds. He ended up using the bridal wire as a step & sort of clinging to the hull.
I snapped two batten ties, & the battens protruded a couple of feet. Not wanting to lose them, I swam to the sail edge to pull them out. Each wave yanked the leech out of my hand. I eventually got them both, wove them into the centre tramp lacing & secured them.
The next problem was getting the righting line. I have it stowed, along with the righting bag to one of the hiking straps, which were now underneath. It's damned hard to untie something by feel, at the end of your reach, while being bounced around.
My mast is tight, but my concern was the rotator wishbone. There is no way to totaly seal that, & I was very aware that water must be slowly coming in.
My sails get dirty alot, so I have a fair bit of practice washing them. I would not have wanted this to be my inaugural righting attempt.[/quote]
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