righting

My apologies,
I should have stated "about 2-1/2 ft3" not gallons. I calc'd with 1 ft3 water~ 62 lbs.

I'm 6'1 225 and I know what you mean, it was hard for me to reach over the pontoon. I don't agree with not having to get it over the pontoon, I thought I really needed to do that when solo. The 220 sounds right, if you have a waterproof mast and boom, otherwise, it ain't easy. I'm getting a bag, I think. Also, for those guys that say to put gallon jugs on the top of your mast, please, spare the world and the Hobie name.

Oops, Sorry folks I should have stated "2-1/2 ft3" vice 2-1/2 gallons

OK - to answer my own question:

I went out with an instructor who gave me a slick solution that I haven't seen anywhere else: Tie a cord to the righting line on the port and starboard sides of the platform. (I have the 'Easy Rite' system) When you go over, untie it from the lower side and toss it over the high pontoon. Then just reel it in.

I guess this'll only work for boats with elevated platforms.

someone here mentioned turtling problems. can't you just swim down and lift the mast up off the bottom?

I want to meet the guy that can do that, I believe that task is the property of Aquaman. Nicks advice of going to the stern of one of the pontoons will recover from the turtle. This is much easier than even righting the boat. As far as the righting line, I have two foot lines tied to each side of my righting line that I flip over the pontoon and grab. I normally grab the righting line while I'm exiting the high side of the boat when tipping and it actually cushions my fall to the lower pontoon. Make sure your righting line is outside of your shrouds.

I managed to turtle my 14 over the summer, it was only my third time out on the boat so I had very little experience righting, after fighting to get it unturtled we had drifted in to shallow and got the tip stuck in the mud.
I used to do some diving and regularly dove to 30 feet and once made 40, and that is not just diving and coming back up, I could stay down for a while.
So I figured that I should be able to dive to the tip lift it out of the mud and my friend could start righting. I started down and I quickly figured out that diving to 22 feet in a lake is alot different than 30 in the ocean. I couldn't do it!
So if you can manage to dive to the bottom and pull you mast up good luck, but I am in good shape and couldn't manage to do it.

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Hobie 14T, "Blazin" I guess I am keeping her!

i'm sure i'll have the chance to try it someday. i know i can swim about a hundred feet under without breath, but i've never tried to swim more than fifteen feet or so down.

i won't be sailing in any lakes, but just out of curiousity, what was the difference that prevented you from diving in a lake as deep as you did in the ocean?

The last thing you want to do is go underwater around a boat with line, wires, sails and other things that could possibly get you tangled in them.

When you flip (on any sailboat), swim around the boat to the other side rather than going under the boat. it doesn't take much to entangle you and in the struggle to free yourself you will drown quickly. You can only last small fractions of what you can do in a swimming pool.

Just a tip from an old Coastie

First of all the water was pitch black, I couldn't see anything and unlike the ocean whne you start to dive down the water really changes temps. Don't dive around the boat!!!

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Nacra 5.2 "Elsies"
Hobie 14T, "Blazin" I guess I am keeping her!