I was sailing on a really narly day in Newport, it was the day that one of the 40ft racing tri's went head over.

We stuffed it going up wind and my crew stuck the trap ring thru the hull getting the boat back up.

Upwind on the tack with the hull with the hull full of water was unbelieveable. The boat was fast and flat in 30knots, with bigger puffs, Luckily we sailed back on a tack with the holed hull in the air, but the hole was forward, and we kept the bow up, and the hole out of the water, so the water that was in the hull stayed in the hull. Back at the ramp we discovered that the hull was almost FULL of water. Unbelieveable, I cant believe we didnt lose the shrouds with that much weight.


I've always thought we could/should have a way to suck up water on the tack and use that as ballast in the windward hull.


Bill