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Common on planning boats is a "death roll" when broad reaching with your board up, and the wind is over you rear quarter, if you turn slightly, or the wind shifts as he described, then the boat will pitch to windward, followed by crew weight shift, and a turn into the wind as described. That action will cause a roll back to the lee side, accelerating the turn and causing the boat to roll over..BEEN THERE DONE THAT a dozen times on my Force-5, almost on my Mutineer, a hundred times on my Alpha 159, 20 times on my minifish, and only once on my Hobie ouch!! Death rolls downwind are a principle reason why small boats will tack downwind. Also he mentioned he let out the mainsail to the knot. Wrong, he should have fought that urge to release the main, and actually have held the tiller straight and sheet in all the way to line the boom with the wind. Then, when the boat slows, shift weight and roll the boat to windward while turning hard and "spinning out" the boat. I once went sailing in Hurricane Alma, winds where 30 gusting to 50 at the time, but I had to sail out to my "clubhouse" and drop the anchors before the storm fully hit. I capsized my boat close to 20 times sailing about 1ooo yards out and a 1000 yards back. But I had a ball, but never could get the boat to go fast without it "death rolling" Ah, to be 16 and stupid again.. I learned
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Precision Forum Archives
Turtling P-185 -- Brad Benner, P-18 "Solstice", PA -- 2/24/05 5:21p.m.
Re: Turtling P-185 -- Brad Benner, P-18 "Solstice", PA -- 2/24/05 5:23p.m.
-- Tom Scott, P-18 -- 2/24/05 7:45p.m.
-- Dave Edwards, Michigan, P165 -- 2/25/05 5:13a.m.
-- Tom Scott, P-18 -- 2/25/05 7:56p.m.
-- Tom Ray -- 2/26/05 5:03a.m.
