Hobie setup - Righting line

Okay my wife is driving me nuts so I have to ask for advice on how the righting lines should be set.

Just to clarify we have flipped and turtled our H16 got it back up and sailing within 10 minutes, so I'm felling pretty good. Of course it was all luck.

Here is what I did. I took a line and tied it to the front tramp post. We then stood on the opposite hulls stern and used our weight to get the boat out of the turtle and onto a side. We then pulled some more while the boat turned into the wind and came upright.

So here is the question. If I have a line tied to the front tramp post am I suppose to have it go around the hull that is now up in the air and then down to us on the other hulls stern OR do we not go around the hull and just go straight to the other hulls stern where we are now pulling?

The reason I ask is if you have to go around the hull how do you do that since everything is up in the air out of reach and the more weight you put on the front messing with lines the more likely the boat will turtle. Are we just confused and over thinking this?

If you use a bungee righting line do they go on the inside or outside of the mast shroud? Do you pull this over the hull or just grab it from the inside (which when flipped over is the underside of the boat)?

I think we need to capsize again to prove we know what we are doing but this whole "how the rope should be" is driving my wife nuts.



HELP!!

Welcome to the turtle club. That stunt doesn't happen often because to do it usually requires one to be in heavy winds that make sane Hobie sailors get off the water.

Go here for righting instructions.

Congratulations on correctly figuring out how to bring the boat from a turtle to a capsize position. There are different systems to right your boat, but they all have one thing in common - from a capsize, the righting line goes over the hull in the air. I suppose you were able to right the boat from a capsize without throwing the line over the hull in the air because of strong winds combined with enough weight and good technique.

Turtling the boat is usually caused from high winds pushing on the tramp or a leaky mast (or someone staying on the sail and their weight pushing the mast down). Since you were able to get the boat to a capsize position I suppose your mast is properly sealed, so it must have been high winds that turtled the boat. High winds and good technique lessen the need for weight in righting - in 30 mph winds I was able to completely right my turtled 18 solo, and I weigh 220.