I made the front page of my local paper!!!! Now w/ pic !!

Thanks for adding that. There was a similar picture on the cover of the Sunday Sports up there.
Shape was not so good, maybe I should have sanded my battens down? One theory was that my new 3:1 downhaul put too much strain on the old comptip. Its only 4 years old, but I have had the boat turtled a couple of times in no so deep water.

Yup, looks the same. That is a pretty sail on the one on the left in the distant background. Here is my 16 on a happier day!

I spent 20+ years as a Naval Flight Officer in carrier jets- we didn't do anything without a checklist. I guess I should get back in the habit, especially and evidently with my memory.

CW- That pic gets funnier everytime I see it. That's waaaaay better than your "Man Love" prank.

I don't understand what the problem is! We have more than once sailed the old 16 with holes in the keels. Once it fills with water flip the boat, roll that hull up, remove the drain plug and tilt back. It will empty, put the plug back in and continue. And in the Atlantic as well. I guess the fresh water makes you nervous or something? I also used to shark fish on the 16 without the jib, well, get pulled around by sharks. Its really hard to land a 6' shark on the tramp of a 16. Its amazing how close to the boat they really are when you drop some bait in! On second thought maybe I'm just a little................

I'd post a picture of my mishap over the weekend, but it isnt that impressive with the mast pointing straight down. Certainly there were no crews on standby either.

Glad it worked out ok.

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That may have worked if both hulls hadn't had a lot of water with both being stern down. No way I could have rolled it so one hull was out of the water.

The OP reminds me of why I keep extra plugs in my tramp bag.