Righting a capsized catamaran (Hobie Cat speed)

Location: Taiwan North coast, between the reef, the waves, and the strong current, it is challenging to sail there.

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Sports

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• hobie
• cat
• 16
• catamaran
• capsized
• right
• righting
• wind
• speed
• sail
• Baishawan
• 20
• knots
• hull
• Taiwan
• Taipei
• extreme
• sailing

[kitedili]

yes, that's the official hobie sail.

[sailphi]

what was your combined crew weight?

[kitedili]

not sure, probably 150 to 160 kg.

[sailphi]

thanks, we used to do it that way, but we have changed our technique.

[kitedili]

take the wind into consideration, They had a good help from it blowing under the jib...

[laserlongboards]

Good luck dry rolling

[MrKloppenburg]

@alexie28 Actually, don't dive, just jump into the water. There's a bunch of ropes under water that could turn a challenge into a nasty struggle.

Also, you want to grab the boat asap, with a good wind it can drift away faster than you could swim. Diving costs more time and possibly orientation.

Next thing I do is unhook the main to prevent it from catching too much wind once the boat's righted, sorta like 2:45. The guy's doing a great job at keeping it down tho :-)

[MrKloppenburg]

I righted my dart 16 by myself and my weight's just 61 kg. Good technique is everything. And patience... sitting on the very front of the hull to turn the cat into the wind. The wind will blow under the sails and help lift it up. I had to plank just above the water and climb into the rope to stay just above the water to get the leverage to right it... tiring but it worked ;p

A Hobie 16 is a light cat as well. I guess I could right it on my own. It should be an easy job for two people.

[alexie28]

@uschdog you can't really, unless you fall flat. The best idea is to not fall on it in the first place - as soon as you know the boat is going over, un-hook and dive off the back.

[PrettyGetGoing]

@sailphi haha!! that almost happened to me the other day ! My boyfriend almost left me in the middle of the sea. But if you release the main sail that's not suppose to happen. ;)

[nvanl]

Cool video

i sailed hobie 16 in holland with gennaker

what is the name of the song ?

[uschdog]

My question is: How do you avoid tearing a hole in the main when you fall on it?

[Slocketman]

@dumon13 full length battens all the way up the sail, probably like 6-10 or something

[dumon13]

how many battens are on that sail? is that the official hobie sail, oh, and thanks for the video, very instructive