Catter,
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<br>1. thanks to all the tips.
<br>2. what a great forum!
<br>3. I am purchasing a 'righting bag",...at a theoretical weight of 250 pounds (...water is 8 pounds a gallon..)..plus my weight,..there is NO way 450+- pounds will not right her!!!
<br>4. As a solo sailer,..I will use the sea anchor idea from Phill,.. so I just do not have to mess around with getting the the boat perpendicular to the wind,....which is my biggest chore,...,...let a little science work for me,...right? So, while the sea anchor is working,..I will deplot the water bag...cool.
<br>5. All your cautions are right,...in the wind and waves we sail in down here,..one must stay with the boat ALL the time,...I have had the pleasure of being separated from a flipped cat,..I could not swim fast enough to catch up to it either....and when the chase boat got me,...we were DSQ.
<br>6. Flipping is apart of the boats we race,....right!
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<br>Once again,....thanks to all!
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<br>Bruce
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<br>St. Croix
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<br>US Virgin Islands<br><br>