We right with two people hanging on the rope, and then as she comes up I give the crew a shove up onto the hull in the water. This works in light wind and is even easier in heavy wind. The crew can then stabilize the boat and give the skipper a hand on board.

Anyone have a preferred technique for getting out the water onto the boat on new designs with lots of freeboard? I used to clamber up on the inside of the hull till I noticed all the dents from the harness hook. Now I'll go to the outside of the hull and grab a trap line.

One trick I've recently used when capsizing down wind is if I stay well attached to the boat I climb down from the hull in the air using the dagger board (Ninja Warrior stylee), or step down and around the rear cross beam, using the traveller car/main sheet lower block as a step. This gets someone preventing the boat from turtling very quickly.

Chris.

Chris.