Thread: First pics of Cosmos Mariner under sail

"Grab the beer, grab the beer" . . . "I know, but it designed to get wet, grab the beer . . ."

It seems everybody is capsizing their GIS!

Am I sailing a different design or something?

Originally Posted by PAR

"Grab the beer, grab the beer" . . . "I know, but it designed to get wet, grab the beer . . ."

You must know something about young guys.

Their cooler floated away but one of them swam it into the marsh as one of the first acts of recovery. It didn't stay in the marsh long and was gradually separated from the action by a couple hundred feet. The wind opposed the tide and the cooler stayed close to the point of the capsize while the Goat was gradually pulled away by the tide.

While they were bailing they asked a passing motorboater to PLEASE get that cooler and bring it back!

Originally Posted by Joost

It seems everybody is capsizing their GIS!

Am I sailing a different design or something?

My son is a neophyte but thinks he's a sailor because he was aboard the Gazelle when we were cruising the Bahamas twenty-odd years ago.

Joost I was wondering the same thing...I think we have folks somewhat new to sailing launching in gusty conditions!

The forecast called for 0-1 mph winds until 5 PM when 6 mph was the prediction. We launched around 4:30 with what I would guess was 5 steady with gusts to 10.

Originally Posted by Compass Project

Joost I was wondering the same thing...I think we have folks somewhat new to sailing launching in gusty conditions!

I haven't seen a such a clear pic of how high the GIS actually floats when capsized, so that's great. It's easy to see that it's going to take a decent slurp though when she's righted.

We managed to capsize ours on the shore, so not sure if that counts as it had only 1 leg (the crew's) aboard I'm still not out of the woods over the incident because I did laugh. It was very funny.

Not that it necessarily means anything but the crew is holding the mainsheet in every shot and trying to hold the boom central.

That made me look closer. The first pics show the boat going upwind in the opposite direction to the last two pics where the boat capsizes.

This means the boat before capsize is sailing almost dead away from the wind (wind almost directly behind) with the mainsail sort of centralised.

A bit of an angle change and it has gybed, possibly with the crew continuing to try to restrain the boom. The side the boat has gone over on indicates the crew restrained the boom through a gybe.

Best to keep the boat across the breeze - like a reach and push the tiller to leeward (to make the boat luff) with the sail well slacked.

MIK

No need to worry, MAM, your son's a sailor, knows what is the important cargo!

Thanks for great pics.

Great photos! Thank you MAM

Unexpected and uncontrolled gybe with boom a midship very often causes like that.
I've seen them many times.
Than - remember to keep free mainsheet (boom 90 degree) and rudder to windward - if no control of tiller...
or keep rudder to be boat very close to wind if boom is a midship.