Chris has the story correct. The coast guard got several calls from other boaters about several cat's flipped near the Thomas Point light. They got to me first and there was no option of staying with my boat and continuing to try to right it. By the time they got me back to the boat after a scenic tour of several boats in the process of righting, the boat had been turtled for about an hour. By the time sea tow was on the scene... the boat was turtled for two hours.

It was a pain in the butt to get the boat righted after this. Jake's advice may well have proved to be the easiest way to right the boat.


FYI, In answers to previous threads on another board, the Coast Guard does not require any notification prior to racing because 15 boats going distance racing is not a hazard to navigation so no permits or notification are required.