I've never tried this, but I know people that swear by it.
If you're too tired to pull yourself up with upper body strength, use your legs (and hands and brains)...
Take one of the sheets, and tie a large loop in it (like 2 or more feet across). Tie this to the crossbar, and use it like a ladder step. Basically, you're making a foothold so you can use your (much) stronger leg muscles to get up onto the boat.
Hope this helps.
Mike
I duck under the hull, grab the trap handle, heel hook the hull an haul up - minimal effort. I locate my feet either side of the dagger board to stay positively located vs. the boat as I duck under the hull. If you make sure your main sheet is not hooked around your rudders and you don't have the main sheet and traveller all the way out then the boat won't tend to take off when it is righted.
Trying to mount an F-18 from the front cross bar is just hard work. You can do it but it burns more energy then getting on from the side.
For bonus points, push your crew onto the lower hull while the boat is coming over - that way they are already on board and stowing the righting line while you climb on the side.
Chris.
