Thank you for posting this. Righting a boat is a bit of a personal insecurity that I will have to deal with fairly soon myself.

Although my cat experience is limited, I have actually righted a hobie 14 before. I sailed a rental unit in Arcachon, France and it pitchpoled in heavy wind.

It was scary because when the hobie pitchpoles, one hull actually sinks into the water instead of floating. There should be a righting rope attached to the mast bearing or dolphin striker. I was told to wrap that rope around the non-submerged hull, and pull down with all my weight while standing on the submerged hull. I remember it was very difficult, since the hobie 14 is a small boat without much lateral leverage.

I'm almost scared to capsize my 18' Nacra... the mast on that thing is enormous and I'd be amazed if 1 person could pull it up out of the water, even after cleating the sails.

Good luck!

Aaron