Opti and extreme can never be in the same sentence. Ever.

The main reason this lad capsized is due to the fact that he pushed his tiller when his boat started tilting. Instead, he should have beared away. This is because of the angle of the rudder hitting the waves. Other than that, he did well recovering from the capsize.

Very able kid, did all the right things, impressed.

Good job there joung feller. No panic or hesitation. get her upright get back in and start bailin. Got the makings of a good hand.

Try not let your sail go past 90 degrees. Also putting a bit more kicker on generally stops a bit of uncontrollable wobbling. Still you handled that well

I have sailed these and floating bathtubs arent as fun as they look

Pretty good. Great recover from the capsize

@sgb0623 your supposed to keep your centerboard up when your going downwind or you wont go as fast.But yeah if you dont want to capsise then put your centerboard down.

I LOVE OPTIS Its so fun sailing in 4 to 6 ft Waves

Major Cool, he tried to lower (raise) dagger board with his foot! Sad that parents needed to get involved. Come on, let the kid race. He has probably just swallowed a litre of water, why give him more? He was doing fine, too many parents in ribs at optimist events.

Don't let your sail past 90 degrees.

Classic death roll, handled well.

I am proud of that kid!

Nice video!

He only capsized because he main was past 90 Degrees. Having your center board up has no difference having it down besides speed.

He doing the best .nice

What group is that? A or B?

Hey dude one question is that water wet?

lol I have never ever capsized my opti yet....

Nice

on what kind of poor wind are u sailing or how much weight do u have wtf????

He got a lot of water in the boat

Why did you have your dagger board up?

this isn`t extreme

Whats the name of your opti? mines called Tortuga.

I hate capsizing optis, it's so much work... lasers are way easier

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if he kept it down he would be slower and that is more chance of capsizing and usually when u have wind in stern u should keep it up bcs resistance is lower and the boat goes faster

Go Mariner!!!!! :D

how is this extreme its an opti

why does he move the keel up and down, and could this of helped him not capsize??

Very far back for that wind I wouldn’t even sit that far back in 25 knots. (Not even bailing) You probably want to have your knees facing forward and touching center board gunnel and kiting. It could have maybe been saved if he didn’t try to bring it over for a dry capsize.

He had his dagger board up to go faster due to less drag

Why did you lift the daggerboard that’s why you capsized

i have nevr capsized in a optie yet

And sit more at the bulkhead

shoulda have been a dry capsize

Told you its a bath tub

try getting out from under a turtled laser

He is better than me

I sail in extreme winds...but now I have capsized, I weigh 70 and I win all my regattas

He had to much water in his boat he should have bailed first

but sailing is life

Hey do you know Justin and John

the boy sailing very well but bad luck to have turned the optimist

hike more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whY do you only have one bailor lol

Poor him

you lost a bailer

ahh

I sail optis

Extreme? Really that was not eXtReMe

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I’ve been sailing for over 47 years. I’ve sailed all kinds of boats both big and small and I’ve taught many people how to sail over the years. This boat hands down is one of the worst designs ever. It is however a useful tool for teaching young sailors to learn how to right a vessel and to learn how to bail but there are much better choices out there. If it were not for the flotation bags, the bottom of ocean would be littered with them. No boat once it exceeds downwind hull speed should submarine and this is exactly what these boats do. Just because they have been around since 1947 and there are thousands of them on the water and many classes around the world does not make them a great boat but people are like sheep and they do what is popular. Very sad indeed. If you really want to teach a kid to sail, teach them on a sunfish and later once they have developed much of their skill set, put them on a laser. If they wish to learn how to crew with multiple sailors onboard, put them in a Blue Jay. Our club a few years ago went to Optimists for junior sailing. The boats are perfectly fine in light air conditions but once the wind picked up, the young kids became submariners. Sounds funny but it is actually pretty damn dangerous. The builders know the inherent issues and this is of course why they come with flotation bags. The boats were sold off one year later for pennies on the dollar and not one parent that had a kid in the sailing program bought one of the boats that were practically given away. That pretty much tells you what we all thought about the boats. Honestly, its plain nonsense!!!!!!!!!!

Isnt extreme

thats not extereme😐

That wasn’t even extreme

Rubbish sailor