Friday, October 17, 2014

Capsize and Recovery

A small boat can capsize fairly easily. This is less likely if you are highly skilled and or very cautious, but it could still happen. Besides a lot of sailing fun can be had when you throw caution to the wind. So being able to get a boat back up on her feet and sailing again is an important skill. I have made a series of videos of my capsize and recovery practice. Perhaps I went a little overboard, but when I started kayaking, the first thing to do was to flip the boat and get used to capsizing and doing a wet exit. So here we go.



Reentry over the transom is less likely to recapsize the boat.




Capsize practice transom reentry


I thought I would try reentering over the side. I could do it, but it probalbly wouldn't work in wind and waves unless a second person stabilized the boat.





Capsize practice side reentry

I let the boat tip partially over to make it easier for Sally to reenter the boat.
Capsize practice for two


Finally I practiced a capsize recovery without a daggerboard.







Capsize and recovery without using a daggerboard



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