First off, I know I should not have cleated the main, but i was reaching for the bottle of water that I had laying on the tramp and a large gust just happened to hit at that moment, and to make matters worse the angle that the cleat is set at is a little to low right now. But that is fixed now.

Yes, I did uncleat the main and traveler, the mast actually floated really well, and the sails were just barely in the water.

Yeah, I had never tried sitting on the bows before, I had read it on here but I couldn't remember if it was the bows or the stern. I tried the stern first and then my common sense took over and I switched to the bows. It just took a little while to come around.

And like I said after all of that I was able to right the boat but it wasn't quick. But thanks for the advice, do you have any about a righting pole.