i bought a minisail to learn on. 13'long 36" beam, and 75 sq ft sock style sail.
there is no outhaul, and with a sock style sail there is no way to lower the sail while on the water.
last weekend we had a great day with 10mph winds. as we turned to had in, however the wind began gusting much higher. guessing some were over 15mph and i could not keep the boat upright no matter how loose i let the sheets or how tight i pulled the sail in going down wind. there was no way to lower or reef the sail to paddle in. we ended up leaving the boat on its side and towing it to shore by hand; swimming.
how should this situation have been handled? what do you do with this type of rig when the wind gets gusty?
there is no outhaul, and with a sock style sail there is no way to lower the sail while on the water.
last weekend we had a great day with 10mph winds. as we turned to had in, however the wind began gusting much higher. guessing some were over 15mph and i could not keep the boat upright no matter how loose i let the sheets or how tight i pulled the sail in going down wind. there was no way to lower or reef the sail to paddle in. we ended up leaving the boat on its side and towing it to shore by hand; swimming.
how should this situation have been handled? what do you do with this type of rig when the wind gets gusty?