The Flipping of IMP

Every good sailor has a moment when regardless of efforts and elements they find themselves in a bit of a predicamint. My brother had such a moment on Indian Lake a few windy days back. Sailing solo and nearing home he overturned his fourteen foot catamaran and found himself stranded, bobbing up and down in the waves.
I arrived via kayak at the same time a pontoon boat pulled up to offer assistance. In the end it took four men standing together on one side to overturn IMP. The whole ordeal took about thirty minutes and my brother smiled nervously the entire time.
Here are a few pictures of the event taken by my mom from shore, The result of the incident was a couple bent parts, a small tear in the main sail, a one great story.



Picture: IMP overturned, her mast pointing downward toward the bottom of the lake. The sails were full of water and heavy! I was trying to weigh her down while Spencer attempted to reel in the sail...he was underwater in this picture. It was the first attempt to overturn her before more help arrived via wave runner.




Picture: Spencer and Jason swimming IMP back to shore after she was right sided.