You know I've read all the stuff about the poles and the solo right. Now I realize the pole is right there ready for use(good for racing). Nobody seems to ever consider a righting bag. Frankly I had never used one until recently. A buddy let me borrow his. It's sold by Murrarys. I think this one holds about 180# of water. After going over by myself I grabbed the bag off the tramp and without using it before I had the boat back on it's feet almost as fast as I would with crew. In fact It came over easier than with crew. Totally suprised me.

So for someone just out sailing or even racing why dosen't the bag ever get considered?

Ok, I missed Carl's comment about bags. The thing worked great for me. Not that I plan on using it regularly but I'm going to stick with it and see what happens.