If you get the righting line coming over one side of the boat, and stand on the opposite hull, the mast will usually come up pretty easily, especially with 400 lbs. All the structure of the wings is designed to support force going down on them, rather than using the pins to hold them in place, you're now loading the two or three pins with the 400lbs of force plus the leverage you have standing out on the edge, I think the standard righting techniques should work better either way. Even when the mast is full of water it's not crazy to get it halfway up, it's getting the flooded mast out of the water that gets difficult.
_________________ Tom Fleet 259, Central Coast CA H18 ('81) H18 ('85) H20 ('97) H18 ('78)
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