Kids and capsizing… I bought our H16 last year as a family boat. I took it out the first few times with a friend who had lots of experience on H16’s, and all went well. The next few times I went out solo and had a great time. All of the excursions were in winds of 7 to 10 knots. I took the kids out (age 9 & 11) and they loved it. I still hadn’t flipped the boat. Then the inevitable happened: 2 kids on board, the hull came up, I didn’t react quick enough and over it went. One of the kids stayed on and one slid down and went in the drink. Everyone had life jackets on. I was worried that the kids would panic, but it turned out I had nothing to worry about. Quite the opposite as they thought it was great. I soon had 2 kids using the upper hull as a jumping platform while I tried in vain to right the boat. A boatful of water tubers stopped and helped us get it back on its feet. I now have a righting bag and I can right it very quickly solo. I had to practice righting by going out to the swimming raft and grabbing a pontoon top flip it over. The confidence level went way up after I got that maneuver figured out. I have yet to do a violent pitchpole, but, hey, bring it on!