[quote=southstars2012][quote]I'll re-hash the rear beam and for that matter front beam connections. These areas were beefed up around 2000/2001, but are okay in original shape if not beach launching/landing/pounding into 30 kt breeze and associated sea state.[/quote]
I bought a 1999 I20 in San Diego at the end of 2016, now starting to sail it in the San Francisco Bay. Given we plan to sail in fairly breezy conditions locally, are there any reinforcements we can add to the beam/hull connections? Any recommendations other than just bedding the connections?
I've been reading various threads on bedding the connections here, on catsailor.com and teamseacats.com and sounds like something we should do -- but I'm wondering if there's anything else we can do to strenghten locally, like adding a few layers of carbon for example? We still need to disassemble our beams to see how well they are bedded, but I'm assuming some work is warranted.
Also, a capsize-recovery question:
We pitch-poled on our first outing in breeze (20+kts), managed to hold the boat at 90deg, but took a long time to swing bows closer to the wind. We ended up putting our weight on the bow to dig in and swing the stern around, but even then only got 45deg near the wind at best. As soon as the boat righted it started moving at a good 2-4kt clip (sails fully eased), and it was real hard to get both of us back on. Any tips on how to ensure we're more bow to wind before we flip her back upright? We got back to beach ok in the end, but was really good / challenging practice.
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