We did not make it.. Violent pitchpole with the Tornado, during the nationals in Sweden this weekend. We tried going down with both bows for max buoyancy and hanging on to the aft beam for what we were worth. It went down so far that we ripped a mid-pole snuffer, snapped off the compression strut between spi-pole and bridle, cracked two strands of an 8 strand dyform forestay etc. etc. No point in hangin on to the boat anymore when the mast hits the water.. Ruined our day, so I am looking for options for the next time. If we could have slowed down we could have saved it, but how do you do that? Or if we had got the spi up and drove faster than the wave? (We were going for the spi after rounding the mark, but had not found the right spot for hoisting yet. Wanted to hoist while climbing a wave.)