I'm curious about other people's experience in righting their boats singlehanded, particularly the use of the under-tramp righting line like the Falcon has - bungied from the middle of the rear beam and running through blocks at each end of the main beam.

I capsized three times this season and on all occasions needed external help to get the boat up. I'm medium weight, 165-170 lbs and I also use a bag.

In one case the boat was turtled for some 30 minutes (40mph squall - my first 720!) and the mast took a lot of water so I was never going to recover by myself, but the other two times I really should have been able to manage fine.

The reason I'm curious is that on my Blade I had a righting line in the tramp pocket tied to the spin pole and would throw it over the top hull, and I found that worked fine. I'm wondering if the reduction in leverage due to pulling from the inboard side of the hull is what is making the difference. Of course the line is also smaller so a little harder to hang on to.

In hindsight, I can't recall with absolute certainty whether I got the bows into the wind, so it's possible that was a factor, but I'm wondering what other people out there are experiencing.