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I believe putting 1500 pounds of weight on the back of her would make her rear end too big….I have always been drawn to sailboats flying big huge full sails up front though….

Thanks for watching and commenting. No issues really with anything you said. We certainly should have put n life jackets when we saw that. No excuses. Or at least no good excuses. I will add for context though, this is an inland lake and provided she was not unconscious, someone would have been there within a few minutes I think. As for her handling the boat- we are working on that. I have a lesson plan for her we are progressing through. Some of the pages must have gotten wet and stuck together as when I reviewed the video later I realized we skipped lessons 2-17 and went straight to lesson 18- Are we going to die?.

Thanks for watching and commenting. In the past, I have gone out with a reefed main alone when winds were gusting above 20. But nice I am out there, I can’t get my main down with any amount of wind unless I can hold into the wind. If I had immediately dropped the jib when we turned, I think we would have been ok. But I waited too late. The winds only lasted strong like that for a few minutes. But when the big gusts hit( stronger than any I have experienced) I let the main out too far and the boat stalled, fell off and then was blown over until it picked up speed again and started sailing. I still think if I had just not stopped sailing the boat and tried to turn, it might have been better. The main did not rip until I pulled hard to get it down. It was a good learning experience. Cheers!

If the main ripped when you pulled it down it sounds like you needed a new one anyway.

You are wrong sir! There was much too much WIND out…..

All in all, it was a good experience. We have been out since then with my wife and had the rail over in the water ( clear skies) and my wife did not even get worried at all. Thanks for commenting! I do think it would have been nice for the powerboat to wait to see if we went over and stayed over.

Thanks for watching and commenting. I agree my girlfriend could have stepped it up and helped prepare for the excitement, but she was not worried about it at all. Things like this don’t bother her much. She will give me hints when she doesn’t like something. I just have to be in tune with her and be firm. Don’t get me wrong- she lets me know when she is not happy. I hit her rear end at the dock in front of some people a month ago and will not let me forget it. A relationship takes work and it is hard with her as jealous as she is when there are other women on board. I just wish she would stop trying to throw my wife off of her when we all go out together… As for my wife, she will be given tasks as she is able to handle them. She really does not want to learn though. I think a realistic goal for this fall is to be able to steer the boat in a steady heading. It’s hard as she can’t see over the top of the cabin. Where we sail, if something were to happen to me, she could just call the marine police and they would be there within about 15 minutes or so at most. We went out last weekend and had to help a fellow sailer that turned upside down in a laser and we towed him back. My wife was able to get us the life jackets and hold lines when I needed her to. So she is a work in progress. She is getting more comfortable with the boat and will get better. It’s not like a I am not trying to get her to help. Now that she has been through this, she said she is more comfortable with her. Thanks again for watching and commenting!

Thanks for watching and commenting. I did not want to post it, but thought it was interesting enough and might be helpful to the sailing community. I

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The video did not do it justice. It was amazing to see. I just wish I could have seen it from farther away. The water was a strange blueish green on the way back k when we were motoring too. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Apparently most of the sailors have a lot more to live for than I do I guess….. My wife many years ago was on a small sailboat with me and we went over and she completely lost her mind and forgot she could swim and panicked. Sail was holding her under. She would have drowned if I did not pull her out and hold her up. Sooooo, her asking about dying is not completely unfounded…. Thanks for watching and commenting.

About the best advice I could give is to watch what I do and then just do the opposite. All of my sails are not like this though. Most of them are fun but relaxing. Thanks for commenting.

Thanks for the kind words. I know I messed up. Wanted to post to maybe help some others. I hated the mainsail got ruined. The jib I can repair. I have skirted the edge of storms and had many good runs. This one was different and stronger than I was expecting. Thanks for watching and commenting!

I had not thought of the lazy jacks acting as a topping lift. One of the reasons I pushed and went out(we did stay right by the dock) was that I already had invested about 1 hour once I got to the boat putting on the sails, launching the boat, cooler, etc. I also completely take the sails down and put them below. I hate being at the dock ready to go and not being able to. I even have gone out with no wind and just motored around just so the day would not be a complete waste. Lazy jacks and a sail cover would be a good addition. Thanks for watching and commenting.

One can always hope……. Thanks for watching and commenting.

And again at 7:40 you almost did it. Had you left the jib cleated on starboard and eased the main, the boat would have hove-to. I'd recommend practicing the tactic in moderate winds so you can get comfortable with it. It's a great tool to have in your sailing arsenal.

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Thanks for watching and commenting. With me being only 15 minutes away from the dock I did not want to stay out there in it any longer. I have learned heaving to previously, but was in hurry to get back.

Thanks for watching and commenting. No issues with any of your comments. If I was in coastal waters or cold water I would not have been this irresponsible. Getting my sails down quickly when I am alone is not an easy task. Not that it matters, but we were only 15 minutes away from the dock when this happened. The storm ended up being much more than what I thought was out there. It actually blew some trees down. 20 minutes after this it was gone from this area and there was no wind. This was not a front coming through. As for the outboard, one of my must haves to take anyone out was a reliable motor. It is a 4 hp, brand new a couple years ago and is reliable. 4hp is enough on this lake, but I really wished I had that 6 hp sail pro with the extra long shaft that day. I really can’t go forward to tak3 the jib down with the motor on with any waves because the stern will pop up and the motor loses bite. Thanks again for the comments!

Apparently most sailors have way more to live for than I do…. lol. Thanks for watching. But in the future, I will certainly put on a life jacket when it gets dicey.

I HOPE that is not what I said…. lol. I think you misheard….. I was saying STAND UP….. to her, the boat……. Not SHUT UP, to her- the wife….. that’s my story and I’m stickinggggggh to it…..

Dousing with my jib or main in any kind of wind is not that easy. In these gusts- without a downhaul on the jib or someone to hold the boat into the wind with the motor it is not going to happen. I was basically single handed. I did not expect the gusts to get that strong. Easing the main sheet when the strong gust hit was what caused the boat to stop sailing, stall, fall off and get pushed over. Normally I keep sailing, just close hauled and wait the few minutes for it to drop down. Without a downhaul, in this case even with a downhaul I doubt the jib would have come down without me up front, not going to happen in winds like that without more experienced hand on tiller. I tried to get the main down, but those winds locked the slides in the mast. It was not coming down. I pulled as hard as I could and I think that is when the sail ripped and the boom fell. I did not know the main ripping was what dropped the boom like that. My “fumbling” with the boom was me making sure it was not going to get pulled out of the mast and lost over the side getting in my motor. That would have been bad news. Once I realized it was still attached and not in danger of coming off the mast, that is when I went back to the cockpit and secured it as best I could and we went back to the dock. This was a chaotic few minutes for sure, and I don’t like destroying a mainsail, but I have another better one. We took the boat out yesterday and had a blast and the boat is fine. Thanks for watching and commenting.

If only I had a video of my entire life, I could be a one stop life coach of what not to do…. It would fill up a small book. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Good advice- but it’s not easy to get the sails down. My jib I can just release like I did.- but getting my main down when it is just me is hard even on light wind days. In that wind, I should have not even tried to let it down, just turned towards home and eased it way out. Thanks for watching and commenting.

I agree with all your comments. Thanks for watching and posting helpful comments. I did not really want to post it, but I thought it might be helpful to show a C22 in some heavier wind gusts. I made a bunch of mistakes, but even though I lost a mainsail, I call this a near miss and it might help some other sailers out there not make the same mistakes.

It's a very good video!

Lol, thank you. I was freaking out. We will def check out your CZcams channel also.

Subscribed to your channel. I see you are in Dallas. I spent many summers in Dallas Texas with my cousins! Originally from Ruston, Louisiana. My sister was a dr at children’s until 2016.

Thanks for watching! I’m a member of that group too . I saw it pop up. There. I thought “ uh oh”. This was fine until it popped up on the C22 page…. lol. But, we put our boat on its side all the time- that was nothing new for us. I’m just upset we went out with storms around without the life jackets or the bottom boards in. My wife loved it and wants to go out all the time now. We took the boat out yesterday and got the rail in the water again and had fun. Also got to help rescue a laser from our club that went over and lost the rudder and we had to tow it back……. We have loved the C22 and have had loads of fun in it.

Thanks for watching, if I had been alone. Would have tried to keep sailing close hauled and round up when the wind gusts came. Big gust- round up into the wind-stall, fall off and repeat. Yes the boat would lay down like it did, but we do that all the time. Although these gusts were the highest I have ever seen on the boat- they said 60 mph, they did not last long. If I had had my son with me he could have started the motor and held us into the wind. I could maybe have gotten lol the sails down. He and I did that last summer when I squall hit and it went fine. I was just short handed and made judgement errors.

True! Here is the thing. We went out yesterday and put the rail in the water several times and she was fine…. She said she was just scared the first time as she did not understand what was going on. I had a more experienced (way more than me)crew yesterday with us when we went out and she had a ball and it was much more relaxed. We even got to tow a sailboat back that had flipped upside down. She loves it now.

Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you made it through all of that. As you know, summer sailing down here is the season of light winds- unless there are some pop up storms. I’m glad I am not the only one to be caught out like this around here. My video here had high winds, but we did not have lightening. My best sailing days have been when there are random pop up storms in the general area. There was a hurricane that had the remnants come through here either last year or the year before with steady 18 mph with gusts higher. Best most fun sailing my son as I have had. Cheers!

@@DialedN_07 I know I know lol…. But I was only 15 minute from the dock and no longer wanted to be on the water….. that squall blew some trees down and I wanted none of it…. It looked worse in person… thanks for watching and commenting!

I’m not much more than a novice in the C22. Glad this helped. Did not want to post it, but when I was looking for good videos showing higher winds in small boats, I could not find much. Thanks so much for watching. There are other videos up on the channel more relaxing.

The boom fell when the mainsail ripped. Another viewer pointed that out to me. The boom had never fallen like that before. I do have a pigtail to hold up the boom when the sail is down, but can’t really get to it easily when the Bimini is up.

I have another one that is actually a better sail. One of the members at the sailing club gave it to me. It is not blown out like the one that ripped and is loose footed. I like it better. But I don’t or didn’t use it when there was any chance of high winds. I thought that of the winds pick up and things go squirrelly, I would not want to damage my good main. The ripped jib just pulled apart at a seam. I think I can fix that one myself. Thanks for watching and commenting!

She has been out probably 10-12 times with me and this was the only one like this. But she loved it and can’t wait to go back. She had been out on my Force 5 years ago and got thrown out and over several times. I promised her it could not happen with this larger boat….😂

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Early on, when I went sailing with my wife, she was never happy. The boat was ether going too slow or tipping too much. We decided that I would go sailing and she would go shopping. We are now very happily divorced.

That’s what I normally do- or the boat will do it for me. Big gust, the boat rounds up, loses the wind, falls off, sails fill again, rounds up, repeat. I usually never even ease the main sheet. Things went bad this time when I DID release the main sheet-stalling the boat, allowing it to fall off, stand up and THEN get hit by the big winds…. I think if I had been alone or had my son with me we would have been ok. But live and learn. Thanks for watching and commenting!

With us being on an inland lake, normally I just pick a correct sized jib, I have several to pick from. I can’t afford a roller furler. I have been told that with the furler you lose some capability as the sail is made lighter than say a 110 jib so you might damage it when in higher winds. But I don’t know. I was also told that racing rules don’t allow one- but I never would race at a national event.

@@cn780 I'm not a racer, I just cruise around the west coast of Scotland. As far as I'm aware racing with a furler means you can't change your sail which wouldn't suit a racer who would want to use exactly the right sail. My headsail is made of the same material as the main so pretty sturdy and anyway, it's having to do less work when partly furled in higher winds. I'm quite lazy so I also have a stack pack so the main can be dropped straight into the bag. Roller furlers are stupidly expensive for what they are but I guess that's sailing for you. Happy sailing, and remember to put twist into your mainsail, helps to reduce heel when it's gusty.

Thanks for watching and commenting. I don’t know how I would like sailing on cold water up there. There were something l8me 15,000 of the C22’s made I think. Fleets everywhere, parts, support groups, etc. The C22 is light and is certainly small, but it is big enough for us right now here in central Alabama. I e got other videos up showing the boat better, all explained from a novice point of view.

@@cn780 You would love it on the Great Lakes. It's refreshing especially when the temps are 90 in the Midwest. Like taking mini-vacations from the heat and the water is usually 70° by July. No sharks too!