@@hotttt28 yes, that is an approach, we can’t quite figure out how this capsize happened. Sails were technically not loaded up since we just came out of the first tack. I’m great friends with the fore sail trimmer, he’s always watching and dumping sails when needed.
@@hotttt28 Yeah, it’s a discussion many of us have had. It’s a personal preference thing. If we capsize and you get caught under the sail (which is now full of water), it may be hard to swim out from underneath with a PDF on. Just a few weekends ago another boat capsized and one of the crew members got hit by a spring board. In that case a PDF would be good in case you got knocked out.
@@andymueller82 Appreciate the response those boats look like lots of fun to race. It's a lot easier to take a PFD off if on the rare occasion you find yourself trapped than it is to be unconscious or exhasted without one. It's much more likely for it to save your life in a hundred other scenarios than make it more difficult in one particular situation. Make your choice but you will almost always be better off with a PFD when you unexpectedly end up in the drink
@@KarlaSanchez-pl5ss I race on plenty of modern boats, once I got to race on one of these, I was hooked. There is something about these boats that you won’t appreciate until you have been on one.
