Thanks for the comments. I'll take your advice seriously.
Is there a best way to inspect for a soft hull. I can press on it, or knock on it, but should I be looking for anything specific?
As for why it pitched up and backed into the water, I've been thinking it may have been that I had the rudders hard over, as I was trying to back out of irons. And, I suppose, when the boat pitch up in a swell, and was moving backward quickly, the rudders being nearly 90% to the transom, just dug in, and acted like a plow driving the hull in backwards.
I looked to me like we were going to sink
cpnsoo wrote:
I've seen an overloaded 16 go over the same way. Looks odd when the bows just rise straight up.
. I have never capsized a boat backward like that.
Live and learn. Just glad this past time is forgiving. In aviation, overloading is generally curtains.