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[quote=Wolfman]Yep, that's true about everything worthwhile.

You can get pretty complacent on a lake that you can touch bottom on most of the time and always see your cabin.  Without sails or control you might as well be in the ocean... well not quite, someone will eventually clue in and come help, I hope.  If I hadn't of been panicking a bit, and quite so inexperienced I probably could have dealt with everything and sailed back with one rudder.  Also a pack with a spare rudder pin would have helped.  Lesson learned there.

So the Rick White Sailing videos are coming out this week.  I've already ordered an emergency ladder to attach to the rear beam (let you know how that works out) and make it easier for people with limited strength to get on the boat.  Then next week I am putting the wife on the cat fully rigged without sails and explaining every line and control to her.  Then we are going to play 'tip the cat' so she gets a feel for how the weight shifts on the boat.  Same kind of kiddy stuff I did when learning how to canoe and windsurf and should have remembered.[/quote]

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