SAIL BOAT RIGHTING SYSTEM SAIL BOAT RIGHTING SYSTEM

A righting system for a multi-hulled sailing vessel with a connecting amidships portion and a floatable mast, universally mounted to a mast step. Mast support cables, including aft mast support cables, extend from the top portion of the mast to vessel anchor points aft of the mast, and extendable and contractible vessel-anchored tackle systems connect to them. The righting system includes righting lines extending from each aft mast support cable forwardly to anchors on the hull sides of the vessel substantially forwardly of the connection of the aft stay cable to its vessel anchor points, and a load bearing compression pole which is swivelly connectable to the vessel at the mast and to the one of the aft mast support cables which is out of the water when the vessel is in a side capsized position in which the tip of the mast is floating in the water. After the pole is affixed, the aft mast support cable in the water is tautened, while holding the aft mast support cable which is out of the water outwardly away from the mast step with the pole. This causes the lower end of the vessel to pivot with respect to the mast while the righting line attached to the out-of-the-water aft mast support cable assumes a portion of the load from the aft support cable to which it attaches. When the hulls reach upright position, the formerly out-of-the-water tackle system is tautened to fully right the mast with respect to the hulls, while the pole continues to hold the aft mast support cable outwardly away from the mast.