Practice Capsizing Your Sailboat

By Sailingguide

Are you sailing a Sunfish, Laser, Hobie, or other small sailboat this summer? If so, you need to know how to right the boat again after a capsize, for capsize they do - and often - in a gust of wind. Coast Guard disaster reports are full of stories of small boat sailors who capsize too far from shore to swim to safety, and all too often the final result is not good. But it's not difficult to get the boat back up once you know how - here's a simple how-to description of what to do.