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I ask because my initial instinct is always to head up when a gust hits or if I get too buried (sort of what holmatro did). Since I'm trying to train myself to bear away before heading up, I'm sitting here trying to rationalize in my brain why holmatro survived when it seems that they shouldn't have.


Holmatro survived when they dumped mainsheet as their cat rounded up when they lost rudder authority, watch their leach in the second video.

"They were somehow able to avoid capsizing and we did not unfortunately." Ed Baird

SOMEHOW Ed got to steer a fast catamaran without learning the basics.

Darryn
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Holmatro's hull was level before it headed up. It is not like it broached. The boats were just not sailing that low when the gust hit. Look at the course Oman Sail takes from the mark. Holmatro's escape was a SECOND action (after the boat accelerated) and it worked.

If Andreas Hagara was on Holmatro's helm he is no rookie catman.

Cheshirecatman