They told me you couldn't pitchpole a P-19 .... didn't take me long to prove them wrong. When the microburst hits and you exceed the boat's "hull speed" ... bows go down & under, sterns come up ... rudders out of the water (no stearage). She "bounced" once on her bows, masthead in the water ... TURTLED!!!!

But the best was Double-trapped on my H-18mag on flat water when the microburst hit so fast the bows went down and the boat STOPPED!!!. It was Tarzan and his apprentice ... The bungies snapped, now I wieghed 220lbs (at the time) my friend/crew was 130lbs, we swung up ... up ... UP, UP literly dragging the boat through the water on her bows!!!! Then we fell ... and fell ... and fell ...then splash !!!! I can remember looking back DOWN at the boat still hooked to the trap. To get back to the boat we went hand-over-hand on the traplines !!!

AWESOME !!!

HarryMurphey
H-18mag/#9458, Fleet54/Div11
P-19mx/#86, CRAC