Boats and Catamarans – what not to do

Sailboats are a world on their own – they are exciting and a lifestyle in themselves. Catamarans on the other hand are the Formula 1 of boats – fast and impressive. Sometimes too fast! I was out on my Catamaran today, and with the great wind, the boat went incredibly fast. While I was seated in the middle, the pontoon on the opposite side dug into the water and the boat in the most impressive manner flipped. Yes people – flipped. My brother who was with me on the boat was hanging over the side in the first place, and was flung from the boat when we crashed. We spent the next 90 minutes trying to flip the catamaran before we finally gave up and took the boat apart on the water. At this point, we were far out at sea (8 miles from shore), and we were hoping for the rescue. A little later, we had a motor boat come and pull us in to shore. We were rather cold at the time and needed little and basic medical attention in order to make sure that there would not be any permanent damage. At the end of the day, and now know not to nosedive a catamaran into the water is a rather bad idea.