hello,
after sailing the cats i have some ideas about righting one that seem to be out dated and primitive.
first, if by yourself on a 2 man boat swim the bows around after dumping the sheets so the mast doesn't turtle. once the wind is holding the mast up there is time to deploy your righting device. i like the righting bar personally. unless the wind is really howling, you are not going to get a 2 man boat back up without some sort of special device be it water bag righting bar or shroud extenders. shroud extenders will require special short shrouds and a mast foot that cant separate after the shrouds are loosened. Many a ball socket system won't stay together after you take the pin out once it is stepped. I think it is funny to see an old tornado or nacra mast foot that has the pin going thru the ball instead of below the ball like Bill put on the super cats. haveing a pin holding the mast to the socket for raising the mast then removeing it for sailing is quite primitive compared to the SC system.
anyway back to righting the boat. for me righting a 2 man boat solo i could never overcome the pressure of the wind on the tramp by pulling on the dolphin striker. that is why i just swim the bows around enough to get the wind to do the work. if you capsized whilst beating to winward you wouldn't need to swim though because the bows would be pretty close to "head to wind" already. you would have been asleep at the wheel , or showing off too much to capsize on a tight beat though.
hope this helps.