Hola
...see, we need to all get on the start line and go at each other in the water...
...pick your boat,....go full throttle,.....winner takes all braggin'' rights!
...IMO,.....and this is Bruce at 52 years old and a svelte 230 pounds DRY......In big waves,..I cannot right my 17,...no way,......for, as I get the mast to lift( no problem),..in I go into a trough and the mast goes down( big problem)...ugh!
...I do not know about other boats, for the 2 man boats do get up ok,....so, it must be me..
..I do not separate myself from the boat,..I stay on the boat,......I have floated away before,......and could not catch up,...no way........that son-of-a-gun sails fast on its side too!
..so, my answer?....I do not flip,.....
...you say,...'how do you do that?'..
,..solo sailing is 110% concentration all the time,....you watch everything every second,......you will have to train your self,.....or re-train yourself,.......the skills of 2 - up will not do on a solo rig....
....and it is good strategy not to flip,...why?....you loose all the ground you gained, and have lost your lead,...so, it make no sense to flip..
...when I race in open class,...and an extreme gust comes thru the course,...I just watch the jib boats go over,...one by one,..they get wiped out,....I just focus, pinch, focus, pinch,....and make my way thru the carnage and go on my way,....race over,...all I have to do is finish!...see?
..get a boat,...get wet,...so sailing.....ahoy!
Bruce
?-17
St. Croix
USVI
