Ask other Karl if he thinks he is the best sailor on the water and does he think a better sailor would have stayed upright.
Obviously I don't think I'm the best sailor on the water, but I will say that I can handle a boat pretty well even if I'm not the fastest or the smartest of racers. As far as a better sailor staying upright, I'll say possibly. BUT, I think the only two boats that stayed upright were on the beach. I remember it as the entire fleet was on their side.
Also, ask Other Karl if he was "comfortable" I'm guessing he will choose a different adjective. But I don't doubt your assessment.
I was greatly concerned with two things. 1. Getting hit by lightning. 2. Running out of lake when we were drifting on our side. and to a lesser degree I was worried about my sails. The main and jib were brand new that morning.
Other Karl is definitely macho.
I got nothing.
For that series of pictures we did see the weather coming, when it hit we were headed downwind to the finish on the second downwind leg in maybe 12kts of breeze. It hit like a hammer and we were over. I knew on the first top mark rounding we should go in, when we hit the gate for the first time we were sitting in a good position and decided to push on. (Damn competitiveness did me no favors that day). After the second A mark rounding I was headed for the beach via the finish line, but it was too late, and things would not have gone all that well on the beach either unless I got the sails down and flipped over in a controlled manner.
