Thanks!
Matt, do you have the pop-in ports in black? Perhaps that is why the dealer said there were none left.
I'd rather keep them if I can replace my black one.
Bill, losing the port was a bummer, I think my water bottle came out of the cooler and hit the port from inside the hull when I rolled. It was totally my fault, I was solo and pinched my hand in the trap line as I swung out. This made me drop the sheet and before I could recover it, I was hit by a big puff. I tried to turn up, but a little too late. I was racing a 2005 tiger and he said that I was on the edge for more than 60 seconds
It felt like forever. Finally the boat finished tipping over. I then learned an important lesson. I can't unhook from the trap sitting on the wing when the boat is on it's side. I could have dropped off onto the (NEW!) sail and prevented a turtle or ride it down and over so I could unhook. I chose to save the sail and let the boat turtle. I almost had enough time to wiggle out of my harness, but not quite
My Gill harnesses have a quick release and that would have worked great, but I was wearing my hobie harness as it is WAY more comfortable.
Of course when the port came off, the starboard hull filled with water. This became an issue as I had to be on the trap to counter the roll of the boat with one hull full. A power boat helped so I could get on the trap to keep the boat on it's feet for the trip in. I beached her, pulled the plug and pumped the water out, moved the port to the leward side and set off to restart the race around the island. Moving the port added a new job to each tack, but I still beat the tiger upwind. I had to leave the spinnaker on the beach because I put a little tear in it during the drama, so he killed me on the downwind leg. All and all a pretty good day
looking forward to a rematch tomorrow!
-Todd