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Larry

Stuffed my leeward bow this weekend; estimated gust of 25kts and barreling along at 18kts with full sail. Thankfully the boat is forgiving and after watching the windward ama rise alarmingly high in the stern, she sat right back down and took off again.

Wild ride and next time, I'll keep a hand on the mainsheet and be ready to dump or better yet, will reef beforehand. I had to get this out of my system though.......getting comfortable enough to start testing the limits and the lake is the place to do this.

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