Editing Capsizing (section)

==Training==
[[File:Rejsning-af-kaentret-hobie-cat.jpg|250px|thumb|Righting a capsized [[Hobie Cat]]]]
[[File:Wroxham Broad capsize practise.JPG|thumb|left|Practice: righting a sailing dinghy after a deliberate capsize on [[Wroxham Broad]]]]
Intermediate sailors are encouraged to capsize their dinghies in a safe location with supervision at least once to become acquainted with their boat's floating properties and the capsize process. The boat is then righted, bailed out, and the sails reset, so that in the event of an uncontrolled capsize, the boat and its occupants are familiar with the procedure and may recover.

Most small monohull sailboats can normally be righted by standing or pulling down on the [[centreboard]], [[daggerboard]] (or [[bilgeboard]] in a [[Scow#Racing boats: the inland lake scows|scow]]) to lift the mast clear of the water. Depending on the design of the [[hull (watercraft)|hull]], the boat's [[righting moment]] will normally take effect once the mast is around 30 degrees from horizontal and help pull the boat [[Vertical direction|vertical]]. Righting a catamaran that is lying on its side involves using a righting line fed over the upper hull. The crew stands on the lower hull and pulls back on the righting line. In small [[catamaran]]s such as the [[Hobie 16]] it is imperative that at least one crew member assumes this task as soon as possible as there is a chance that the boat will [[Turtling (sailing)|turtle]] and then become extremely difficult to recover without assistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fusionboats.com/pdf/FusionRighting.pdf |title=Fusion Capsize Manual |publisher=F-15 dinghy |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221355/http://www.fusionboats.com/pdf/FusionRighting.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> Some [[monohulls]] and catamarans use a small flotation device mounted at the tip of the mast or mainsail to ensure that the craft cannot assume an inverted position, or at least that a fully inverted position is not stable (i.e. it would come to a position where the mast is lying on the surface of the water, which would be preferable to fully inverted).

In both cases, having a crew member lift the end of the mast out of the water may help speed the process, as the greatest challenge of righting a capsized boat is shedding the weight of the water from the sails. A helpful step, where possible (on a loose footed sail), is to disconnect the clew of the sail from the boom, which prevents the sail from scooping up water as the sail lifts out of the water. The [[Bow (ship)|bow]] of the capsized vessel should be pointed towards the wind so that when the sail starts to lift out of the water the wind can catch underneath the sail and help right the boat.

Care is taken not to let the boat swing all the way over and capsize on the other side, frequently with the crew on the bottom. This is more likely if the boat is not pointed into the wind.