Upright solo righting system

I've heard these work well. Nobody has ever really said they don't. The only arguement against them is "ah my rig gonna fall offz!". I say try it. Oh and good god these parts are expensive for such a simple device.


Guy out on the lake sailed hobie for 30 years. He has yet to be wrong. First time I met him was with my hobie on its side. He said two things I'll never forget. Get the stay extender righting system, and seal the pylons top/bottom.

I have the solo righting on my 16 and my 20, here are my two cents.

Its works great as a backup but after using it once and capsizing in the opposite direction almost immediately after getting the 16 back up (it was gusting around 25) we were stuck i the (censored) position of having the top hull hang over the bottom hull to such a degree that it was impossible to tip her over without getting help. Like instead of 2-3" it was 14-15" with a significant chance of turtling completely. Luckily we were in a small lake so no worries.

So now I have it attached as a backup in case all else fails and I need it. It was very easy to get a boat up but a significant hassle if it goes over the other way.

That might work on a relatively flat lake in 15mph wind, but I'd love to see it on an open body of water in a real breeze. Things have a tendency to move around quite a bit in those conditions.



The power pole has the potential to provide significanty more righting moment than a simple righting line. The reason being that it allows you to get your body (center of mass) farther away from the lower hull (fulcrum) than a simple line. So your body position is not limited by your height, only by the length of the pole. It also looks pretty simple to deploy to me, just unclip it from the back crossbar and swing it out.

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I was out sailing my H20 today by myself in 10-15 mph winds and being the jackass I am I need to constantly push it and eventually capsized. It took me about 45 minutes but i was able to right the boat using the solo righting system.

The key move was getting the righting line over the top hull and the short enough with me attached so I was level with the dolphin striker which i could use to push my body further away from the boat. Tip toed on one leg it finally came over.

I've praised it before, I'll praise it again today. I was out solo in 20 - 25 mph winds today. It was mostly a survival outing because of the gusts, but I did manage some serious speed from time to time. The offwind reaches were out-of-control-insane, all I could do was hang off the back and pray. In my opinion this is the limit for sailing the 16 solo. I only managed about an hour and a half before the inevitable upwind capsize due to one hellava gust. I pulled the pin on the Upright-solo-righting-system and was soon enough back underway, this time with the traveller eased a bit. It was no problem to reattach the shroud, although it was a little spooky with no hands on any controls in those winds. It's all good though and a real time saver when trying to put my cat back on her feet.

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1990 "Formula 1" H16 (# 009)

Now for the personal question... How much do u weigh????

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•Present boat -1998 Hobie 16 Solana Sails furling jib[/size]

I've been looking at righting systems for a while and even started a forum on it. I just discovered the the solo righting system. My main goal right now is obviously the lowest costing system/systems to allow me to right my hobie cat alone(I weigh 172lb).

What I have been looking at is the easy right system(snap back), the universal system and the Hawaiian system. However in addition to these systems I would have to get either a righting bag system or buy the bag for $45 from ebay, and buy a ratchet pulley and line for an additional $20. So basically, the worst case scenario of one of these systems with the bucket system equaling a max of $264($75[hawaiin] $189[bag system]. With the upright and one of these systems or an 3rd party easy right seller($44.99) I would be looking at around $180 with shipping for both.

For the people who have used this system, do you think its worth it? is it better than the bag? and what do you use for a righting line if any with the solo upright system?

-Thanks!

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1984 H16

Never used it but something I accidentally learned a couple of years ago and works greats for me. Just before I start to lean back and pull the boat up, I'll step toward the back of the hull so the bow start to come up out of the water, the mast is forward the center line of the boat and starts to come up as the boat start to pull a wheelie. You have to be ready to move forward and balance it back out as she comes up or both hulls will be pointing into the sky.

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Buxton
18' T16 Silent Lightning (16' T2 Hybrid)
11' H16 White Lightning
79' H16 Green Lightning