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In a big blow, a cat can go turtle quickly due to wind force on the bottom of the tramp, regardless of sealed mast, good technique, etc. In big air I've had my 16 turtle quicker than I could unhook trapeze and/or check to make sure crew wasn't trapped/drowning (first things first).[/quote]
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I’ve turtled the N5.7 , N5.0 & my H18. As Dog says, when you go over in a big wind, the force in the tramp drives the mast under before the Cat can ever begin to swing into the wind. With the H18,(Magnum, with wings), as the boat goes over, the wings dig in, creating a pivot point, & help it turtle.
The good thing is with a strong wind, it’s generally easy to get the line around one hull, & pull it back on its side. The Nacra skeg hulls are a bit tricky, as no ones shins are tough enough to move out to the bow on those skeg bottoms. I start on the front cross beam, & either “bum bump” to the bow, or, standing on the hull bottom, lean back a bit, (with support of the righting line), then walk carefully to the bow.
Once, I moved back to Center as the boat came from turtle to its side, kept hiking, & it came up from turtle in one smooth motion.[/quote]

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