Got the boat up!! Thanks!
Thanks so much for all of your help! I went out and dumped it to try some of these. What worked for me was to cleat the jib sheet - throw the rope over the other side...then I pulled on the rope and walked up the bottom (side now) of the boat til it started tipping...
Thanks, that makes me feel better! I'm strong...but not good at pull-ups - maybe I'll work on that:-)
This boat was also on its side for about an hour before I came out to get it - I work at the marina and I was the only one that knew how to upright a boat...just took awhile to take me out...
The marine monitor boat came out. We righted it from on his boat and I sailed it in. I wonder about your idea of the water in the sails. There is a float on the top, so maybe it was taking on water...Thanks for the reply.
I'm new to sailing this year and dumped a Catalina yesterday for the first time. I did what I was taught - pointed it into the wind and uncleated the sail, went around to the centerboard to get on it and upright the boat. It was so far up, I couldn't climb onto it. I hoisted myself up part...
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