RS Aero - Prototype Righting Lines - Jan 2015

- Trial Righting Lines with knots to assist grip.
- Attached to gunwale by P-clip and bungeed forwards under gunwale to bow.

RIGHTING LINES
An RS Aero rights easily as soon as any weight is applied to the centreboard, due to the light carbon rig. Sailors with a shorter arm reach have an extra challenge in reaching up to the gunwale to complete the righting.

By climbing on the front edge of the RS Aero’s centreboard the gunwale is closer as the hull narrows towards the bow. The control line tails under the gunwale are closer to reach as an alternative. However, the way that these are tidily held in place under the gunwale lip can make them less easy to grab hold of. Once a 1st handhold is managed the 2nd is more difficult for those with less grip strength, as the thin control line is then taut under your weight.

RS have therefore come up with the simple Righting Line arrangement, which is both easier to grab hold of, and has knots that make the necessary 2nd handhold much easier. A dedicated slightly fatter line with knots is attached amidships (by P-Clip under the control line fitting on the gunwale) and held forward under the gunwale with bungee.

When you are in the water and the boat is on its side simply collect the end of the Righting Line at the bow end. Place your 1st handhold on a knot to assist your putting weight on the centreboard to pull the boat up. The addition of the knots will make the 2nd handhold much easier. This will be sufficient to pull the boat upright until you can easily reach the gunwale.

Here Cathy makes light work of the righting at her first attempt, not bad for a first take! In fairness there was no wind and the boat came up easily. These knotted lines will really earn their keep if ever there is a strong breeze blowing against the underside of the hull and rig, resisting the lighter sailors efforts.

Well done and thanks to Cathy for braving the icy waters of Chew in January to put these to the test! The Righting Lines are available as a pack from RS and take minutes to fit.

[on a separate note Cathy makes light work of climbing back in amidships here. Remember if you are over 80-90kg, depending on the wind strength, climbing in over the windward side of the transom might be the favoured option. From what I have seen that timely kick of the legs is important.]

[peterbarton]

Keith,
This is not a 'righting test' but a Righting Line trial, for specific new equipment. Those are the conditions that we were dealt on the day. Cathy demonstrated she was able to reach the line and now hang off the knots, which was the goal.
I did admit in my description that it came up easily and the Lines will become more important when there is a strong wind. The fact that she is in full winter clothing, with that weight and immobility, adds merit.
We will get some of these Righting Lines on the young Aeronauts' boats at their ClassTraining on 21/22 Feb and likely shoot some more footage in more wind.

[ВладимирБарашкин-пм]

Спасибо за материал!!! Мролодец!!! Молодец!!!