Laser dinghies gybe, followed by capsize in 25 kts wind

[sail4live]

Happens

[feast196044]

board has to go down

[popcornsamurai]

I capsized today but it was because aim so fat.

[sailorboy12803]

DUMBASS.....why would you gybe in these conditions....it looked intentional anyway

[Janson540123]

@sailorboy12803 yeah u cant sail any course with a windward and leeward mark without gybing.

[vibratingstring]

@Janson540123

Yes you can. You can tack instead :-)

[Janson540123]

@vibratingstring ok yeah but thats like saying I want to come in last

[vibratingstring]

@Janson540123  Yes, that is usually true.

[Janson540123]

@vibratingstring yeah so youd have to tack after you head up to close hauled. by that time you are going back to windward against fleet and you then have to cut across fleet going downwind, in other words, release vang foul weather gybe, and have every single cell in your body hanging off boat to windward

[vibratingstring]

@Janson540123

Well, of course you gybe. And yes, you "should" be able to gybe in any condition, however capsize is more common on gybes.Once, long ago, racing in 30 knots in March, the water was 39, (aka 4) and earlier I had already dunked a couple times gybing and it was too damn cold to do that again! So around the gybe mark, I tacked instead. You don't have to "cross the fleet" you just turn quick circle in those conditions, nobody is around -- fleet spread out. Lars G. won that regatta

[esbucou]

Ouch! His back hited so heavely... :/

[CAMNZ117]

missed his hiking straps?

[ljlassi]

Been there done that, but in my case the boat didn't stop sailing on its side and it took me about 10 minutes to get it up.I wasn't wearing a wetsuit and the water was only 10C warm!!!!!

[DanniElizabethS]

lol, I did that when I first learned how to sail on a sunfish, didnt capsize, but I flew off and broke the tiller.

[JPau216]

LMFAO

i love sailing :D

and those conditions look crazyyy

[Theef3kw]

haha looked like he fell onto the centerborad.....PAIINFULL

[burstinballoonz]

@Theef3kw DAGGERBOARD!!



[gnilrefues]

been there done that but my boom was still out of the water so my boat still sailed on its side for like 10 yards

[DisruptiveMoose]

@gnilrefues That's because you capsized to windward :)

[gnilrefues]

@DisruptiveMoose lol it wasn't one of my more shining moments

[DisruptiveMoose]

@gnilrefues I've done it too :) Scary isn't it? :L

[SOFTAIRBULLET]

Hahahahahahahaha, oh man, that looked funny, just sliding off