by Lil Maggie » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:34 pm
So, how does one recover a swamped/capsized/turtled DS1?
All I can say from my experience is: the quicker the recovery, the easier it will be. A good 20 minutes and a full turtle-over was the time it took before a bystander on his boat tossed a line to me, the only place that I could fix it to was the shroud near the base where it attaches to the chainplate, being that it was a regular poly tow rope with a handle, I just passed it around and held on to the handle with the help of my 230 pounds...on the first attempt, the rescuer was not directly perpendicular to my boat when he initiated the pull and all it did was crack the hull-deck joint beyond the rub rail. That damage created enough separation to create the damage from the second (and successful) attempt at righting my boat, however, it tore a crack on my hull about 6 inches behind the starboard chainplate and about 9 inches long (it nearly ripped the boat in half!). The reason I can best reckon that happened is that my rescuer overcompensated on his alignment and his application of horsepower on his second attempt.
Has that sort of damage ever happened to any DS1 during recovery from capsizing?
I am getting to the picture part...
Ther has got to be a better way...spinnaker halyard, maybe? It would need some kind of pivot arm or compression post to get it started, though...
Mike
A crappy day sailing is better than a good one at home...
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