Brian is right, don't try this unless you know what you are dealing with!

I might be a bit crazy, but before we launched the boat into the cold water we made som risk calculations.

* Boat is in good condition.
* I've raced Hobie 16 for 15 years.
* The crew has raced Hobie 16 for eight years.
* We have sailed as a team quite frequently.
* We headed back to the club when we still had energy left, in caze of a capsize.
* We didn't sail 100% for speed, we slowed down the manouvers a bit and sailed with a bit more nose up on the downwind.
* The water we sailed in is almost a lake with a diameter of 1.5 Nm with houses around.
* We had a cell phone in a waterproof bag, a vhf would be better, and we have good signal strength all around the lake.
* We had "fresh" dry suits that didn't leak.
* We live in a cold country....

/hakan