hey jw, fortunately for us, puffs are easy to notice on the nice calm lakes that we are accustomed to around NC, so it shouldn't be to difficult to see the puffs coming.



My girlfriend is also very nervous when she's sailing with me on the H17. She wont get on the wings, and she also gets nervous when the bows start digging in, yet like your wife, she's never been on the boat when its howling fast.



She told me yesterday "you need to break more stuff on your boat then replace it before I'm comfortable on it." Made me feel SOOO much better.