Three weeks ago when I flipped the boat solo, I swam the mast around into the wind and climbed onto the lower hull. I had to climb a little to reach the righting line, but I eventually got hold of it. I then began leaning out and putting all my weight (205) as far out as I could get. It would just not come up. The wind was blowing around 15 kts so should have been sufficient. I had already released the jib and main sheets, so that wasn't it. After about 45 minutes of trying and drifting and paddling, the bows drifted into the wind. I decided to try one more time and it came up immediately and very fast. So fast that I had to grab the dolphin striker to prevent it from going over the other way. By the time I got up on the forward hull, it was sailing again. The only difference that I could see was that the bows were pointed into the wind and not the mast head. But what a difference. When I got home I reread Hobie U and it said to swim the bows into the wind not the mast. I guess that others have made the same mistake
