p.s. if I put a righting pole on my boat, am I violating the class rules? "be able to right boat unaided..."
No, unaided in that sentence means aided by another competitor/race official/bystander/etc. It does not preclude the use of a righting bag or righting pole or any other system.
I just bought the small righting bag and have given up on ATRS. I know tback will be happy.