Hope you all had a nice 4th...finally got my Getaway wet on Saturday with a nice 10k breeze, just enough to get a feel of the boat and make sure all the rigging/ropes were in working condition. Had a great time for 3-4 hours between sailing solo, with the wife, with my 4 yr old...good times (then it was off the Jimmy Buffett Concert at Jones beach!!) Sunday brought the adventures...a stiff 16-20K of wind...was flying along for most of the day solo, sometimes with the wife, great sailing, was working on gybes/tacks etc...then on my last leg home, feeling cocky, and seeing what the boat is capable of, i'm on a beam reach, sheeted in and just screaming, hull flying for a bit, just absolutly slicing thru the water then WHAM...I am 8 feet in the air, falling towards the shrouds which i fend off with my left arm (nice gash) then i fall across the trap wire and end up in the water...as i surface, the boat is capsized and the bob is working...i swim around, make sure the main is uncleated...then back to the hulls...(man those are slippery!!) grab the righting line, free the righting bag, fill it up and start leaning....i felt the boat starting to move, but not enough..then 2 jetskiiers came by and one guy got up on the hull with me and we righted it in about 4 seconds....other than a nice arm gash and a broken trap shock cord, alls good....damm that was fun,,,,more great sailing on Monday...Tuesday she stayed on the beach as the forecast for severe weather was apparant. next non windy day i will be practicing my righting techniques....great boat...all love it!!!
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