Late last August
7 knots
needed assistance (DSQ)

Heading towards the shore to ride the lift to A mark, I could see the puff coming, well it wasn't a puff it was a GUST. As crew backed out on the trap and I let out main, realized the hull was raising way too fast so I instinctively threw the tiller over to head up and "save it". Whoops...the gust was also a radical header of what seemed like 30 degrees. Now we've got the hull up at 50 degrees the stern plowed in (no speed) and a backwinding jib. We blew over backwards. Capsized, rogue gust gone, wind back to normal, we're a light crew, the 20's a horse, (excuses...excuses) we flailed around for at least 10 minutes and finally took assistance to right. That evening at dinner I was asked "How did you flip in that stuff?" more than once. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />