There was a thread last summer called "Power righting pole on NA 6.0" that went into some detail. One reply (#9837) had a close up of the attachment point.

Gary & Rick have done a lot of work to make their systems really function well. If you haven't seen or used a righting pole, your first homemade attempt will likely be ineffective, defective, or both. My first attempt was actually laughable, and I'm lucky I didn't get hurt. Even if you copy one you've seen or used, in my experience, you need to take the time to try it out on dry land, then on the water with assistance. Or, just save yourself the time, and go buy their designs.

I have tried both the power righting system by Rick White and the Gary's solo-right system and for my boat the Solo-right worked better. I also did not have to drill holes in my boat to attach it like Rick's system. Rick's system also stuck out a little behind the rear cross beam, which I did not like. I know you can cut the excess off but I needed the full length to make it work. Interesting that Gary's pole is shorter and seems to work better. I also like the fact that I can use the pole as a paddle. I was a bit skeptical before purchasing Gary's system that it would actually work but once I tried it I was sold, as it worked absolutely perfect. I do think Rick's system is great but it just turns out for me that Gary's system worked better for me.

I HAVE A NACRA 5.0. Will Gary's solo right fit my boat?

Thanks

I have not seen either Gary's soloright or Rick's Power Pole used. However looking at the pictures, it seens that by being out so far, that upper hull is going to come down right on top of you. Apparently it doesn't, so how come?

Good question. I've never seen either one in use on the water, and I had never really thought about that before.

Look in this picture and you can see that their feet are still on the lower hull. They are able to get their upper body weight out much further with the pole.

nearher

I just got a soloright for my SC17. Like your 5.0, it is boardless and lipless. Gary swears it will work, but I haven't been able to try it yet....I have a distance race this weekend, hopefully I will have some time before hand to practice and set it up just right....I'll post the results here as soon as I get it setup and try it...

Here's a post by someone on the Yahoo Beachcats group site. He sails a Hobie 16 solo.
"I recently bought a solo-right from Gary and was able to try it out last week at the local lake. Thanks Gary, it works great. Could not right the boat without it the first time I tried it, just not enough weight (140lbs). Once I rigged the solo-right, I stood there for a moment and up she came!"

Jack Hoying
Fort Loramie, Ohio
Prindle 18
1990 H16 (for sale)

Out of curiosity, any chance of either of these systems providing enough assistance for a 175lb person to right a tornado solo? (crew can't make it this weekend)
As far as the solo-right goes, will it work on the Tornado?
Al

Tordado testing has been repeatedly postponed. I expect to do it this summer. I expect positive results and would bet my life on being able to do it with two men and one SoloRight.

Details will be made public as soon as the trial occurs.

GARY

Jeff,

As I remember it:

Jeff continually encouraged me to develop a model for his application. Once he offered to be a guinea pig (tester) for a new design, I sent him a SoloRight that might work on boardless, lipless hulls.

I await Jeff's news of his test results, along with a few other SC17 and N5.0 sailors.

GARY

I look forward to the results. So far, in real life testing, the two of us weren't quite able to right the boat when we needed to. If we hadn't been freezing to death at the time, we might have had more success (a friendly motor boat assisted us on that occassion).