I used to hold clinics on righting 16's. A couple of people pulling on a shroud can capsize it in calm water. I used to be on a Windsurfer on the other side, and help with a little lifting. We'd have a number of boats out there at one time, and invariably, someone would come up on a motorboat asking if we needed help.
When I taught kids how to sail at Boy Scout summer camp in Sunfish, the first thing we did was go out, capsize the boat, and teach them how to right it. Most were deathly afraid at first, but all thought it was fun once they did it, and it took the fear out of sailing for them.
Two things that absolutely should be learned are how to right one, and how to sail backwards under control to get out of irons.
For sailing backwards, I would set a buoy, go in irons directly upwind of the buoy, and then go backwards to either side, sail upwind enough to get back in position, and do it the other way. I usually just push the boom with my butt, and steer. I would coach off the Windsurfer.
Once you have the mastery of these two things, it makes it a lot easier to learn the other fine points of sailing a cat.
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