Brobru,
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<br>Well, I spent a lot of time turned over yesterday in Panama City!
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<br>The first capsize was done while going to weather while going over to the leward side to put the centerboard down in about 15 knots of wind or so.
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<br>I was able to right the boat quickly, which was a good thing since a huge concrete base with an electrical tower atop it was straight downwind from me (and coming quickly).
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<br>I through the righting line out of the bag (it goes through the grommet and ties to the post for the dolphin striker), over the boat and only had to get out partially on the dagarboard to righ the boat. The mast was pointed right in to the wind, I didn't try to get it to a 45, and leaned out and she came right over.
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<br>Incident number two happened with the spinnaker flying heading downwind. I drove the boat further down and attempted to dump some chute, but the boat was going over no matter what I did (it was gusting 20 or so at this point).
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<br>Luckily Mark Smith had given me the advice of snuffing the chute before you try to right the boat if I was to capsize with the spinnaker out. It took me quite a while to snuff it, in fact I only got about 2/3rds of it in the bag before I gave up.
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<br>I was tooling along about 10 knots on the side so I was actually quite worried that I would become seperated from the boat. I tossed the righting line over and leaned out...the boat didn't want to come over. I stood up on the forward bow and the boat got closer to a 45 and then you have to QUICKLY get back in position to right the boat. The boat came back over without too much effort once a little wind got under the sail.
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<br>I had made one mistake: I had replaced the righting line supplied by the dealer with one 12' long...BIG MISTAKE! I didn't quite have enough line to really get out with some leverage...and also to be able to tie a loop in the line, hook it to my harness and lean out more...off to West Marine for 15' of line before next weekend!
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<br>So, at least for the Inter17R, one 175-180 lb. person can fairly easily right it from my experience...at least in 15 knot winds, I don't know how much harder it would be with lighter winds (I'll let you know!).
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<br>I don't know if you have the U with the aluminum mast or the R with the carbon mast.
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<br>I am curious as to what other single-handed sailors have to say about attaching some sort of life line to themselves and the boat in case of a capsize in high winds/seas. There was absolutely no way I would have been able to catch the boat if it would have gotten away from me.
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<br>ScaredyCat<br><br>