I've never heard of an M15 going turtle either. I guess there's a first for everything, but like Dave, I'd like to know more. T On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:26 AM, W David Scobie <wdscobie@yahoo.com> wrote:
Chris:
when you write turtled do you mean your boat was completely inverted and stayed that way?
or do you mean she mast in the water (more than 90 degrees) in a full knockdown?
where your sail sheets (main and jib) loose or still cleated?
just curious as your writing is the first i've read of such a thing happening.
:: Dave Scobie
--- On Mon, 4/1/13, Chris Smith <chris.r.smith@gmail.com> wrote:
Just to confirm what Daniel was saying, I've turtled my M15 a couple times for various reasons. Luckily I had a couple people with me, each time, so I had them hang on the keel while I tried to empty the sail of water. The boat popped up quickly with a surprisingly small amount of water in the cabin, but I'd hesitate to call the M15 'self righting'.