Strong winds an exhilarating sail turns into a Capsize and Turtling nightmare!

I had a short break away but back at the lake and the weather looks good for sailing.

Its super windy today and it took all my effort to even wheel the trolley into the water with the wind pushing against the transom of the boat!

Today was all about pushing myself to gain sailing experience in bad weather, so I stayed near base and did some circuits to build confidence, planing on waves at 5.3 KTS!! With confidence back I pushed on down the lake on an exhilarating sail towards Bala Camping beach where I stop for lunch.

After lunch I turned towards home by Gybing but a sudden huge gust of wind had me capsized in an instant. The boat immediately went "turtle" which means it turned 180 degrees with the mast pointing directly down. I tried 5 times to right the boat but the wind just pushed it back over every time so I ended up sat on top and just waited for the current to push me into shore!!

The upcycled boat hook goes back to its home and we find out that the old back up rudder still doesn't fit the boat!!! The pintle is too thick and we test the paddle to check it floats as it doesn't fit in the boat at the moment. I also stick a new mount for my spare phone so I can check the speed i'm going.

00:00 Intro and checking the weather
01:44 Checking the jib stick and rudders
04:16 Testing the new paddle floats!
04:55 Mounting a smartphone to check speed
05:39 The wind picks up
06:14 We're sailing and having to spill wind from the mainsail
10:30 Sailing in strong winds
16:32 Landing at Bala camping beach
19:36 Beating to the bottom of the lake
21:54 Backing out of Irons
23:21 Reaching back home
25:16 On the beach after my capsizing episode!