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[bob lamb]

I love my 23 for her great stability in high winds.  It is really up to the helmsman as to the degree of heel, isn't it?  Has anyone ever heard of a 23 capsizing?

BobL

[BobK]

The most I have ever been able to heal is to have water come over the side and fill the cockpit.  I had to work hard and keep the boat from rouunding up to do this.  I would have to say without a large wave, the chance of capsizing a 23 would be very small.
The insert image thing is way above my pay grade.
BobK

[Greene]

Looks like you were having fun.  That is a really pretty sail in the pictures.  We are jealous as we didn't get a pretty genny with Wrinkles.  "Honey, where is the checkbook?"

Mike

[HideAway]

HideAway seems to like the 20 -  25 degree heel.  It feels very stable and gets a good turn of speed.   Most of the time we find it better to ride out a gust giving the boat it s lead.   If you let the main out fast the boat stalls and luffs - usually taking a different heading  - to us that is more stressful.  Keep in mind though that we have an old blown out main sail with multiple patches.   If you have new sails like Bob23 you are likely over powered at the same degree of heeling and will already be reefed.   
If you have been on a long cruise somewhere caught in rough weather with safe harbor hours away you ll be more focused on keeping the boat sailing.  Those  scary 25 degree gusts that held you over for a few seconds the beginning of your cruise become normal when you have to do it for hours - you will find yourself wanting to keep the heel constant when you are taking spray half way up the reefed main- the jib tied to a stanchion after its rescue from the sea - your crew half out the main hatch during that desperate event has returned to the cockpit in time for another dousing putting the hatch boards in place.   You  become thankful for those tall coamings and that you remembered to dog down the ports.    Both of us can successfully sail the boat in these conditions - It is essential that both you and your crew can handle the boat because it is too much of a job for one person over a long period of time.   
This is the short story of why we cancelled our spring cruise to Caladesi Island about 20 miles north of our home port and decided instead to try out our new tent.   Took the ferry over for a day trip yesterday -- when you look up heaven in the dictionary Caladesi Island State Park is mentioned  -  Next year we ll be sailing those waters I m sure - we are just not physically up to it this time

[fawsr]

As my mother-in-law lives in Clearwater, I am very familiar with Caladesi Island and Honeymoon Island. I rent the Windriders at Sail Honeymoon when we visit and sail the grassbeds on the inland side of the island. I can't wait to haul my CP19 down there and spend a week just sailing the bay.

[HideAway]

We hiked the the entire trail on Caladesi - all the way to the harp tree then out on to the beach on the southern part of the island- It s hard to believe  800,000 people live just across the sound -- and that a family homesteaded on what was then known as Picnic Island in the 1800s  - Their daughter rowing across St Joseph Sound to  school in Dunedin every day after doing chores.  They sold their produce in Tampa - sailing on a boat they built.  Back then there was no development at all along the coast.   Old timers in Gulfport tell about how Tampa bay - not Boca Ciega Bay came up to what is now 22nd ave so.   If you know south Pinellas at all that is an unbelievable statement. 
We have been encamped on the lower Suwannee River these last few days just north of Cedar Key reluctantly returning this evening before the storms.  If you drive far enough north on Us 19 you will find towns with names and roads with no traffic - It was wonderful to be out of the city.

[Billy]

I live in palm harbor and while there is still traffic, the sailing on my 19 is great. Last weekend for the super moon (and my birthday) my wife and I spent an over nighter at 3 rooker bar and another at anclote key. It gets a little skinny at times but a 19 and a 23 would do great north of the honeymoon island drawbridge!

[HideAway]

Billy - that s where we had planned to sail this time - staying at the marina on Caladesi Island State Park.  It s a full day sail from Gulfport.  In times past we usually anchored just across from the Dunedin marina the first night.   Health issues put us in a tent in the forest rather than risk being at sea.  There s always next year though-- That area has always been our favorite.  Matt