Haha. Nice story!
I've never had the thrill (or hole in the wallet) of a pitchpole. A few weeks ago, however, a friend and I were sailing a Boston Whaler Supercat 17. We were in a rush to get out, so I had rigged both the mainsheet and trapeze wires wrong. Well, a gust of wind came, I was on the trap and my friend tried sheeting out, but it wouldn't go out fast enough. We ended up capsizing. When the mast hit the water, I was standing up 8 feet in the air trying to unhook myself from the shoddy trapeze rigging. I ended up falling forward into the shroud, and then into the sail. Now I have a nice foot-long gash on my leg and side. Was it worth it? Absolutely!
