5 or 6 months ago
10 knts, gust in the 15knts
10 minutes?

I put a spi on my nacra 5.2 last year, first time I tried an asymmetric ever. First outing was fine, in the 3 knts of wind.

Second outing a week later was more fun, soloing in a nice 10 kns of wind, with gusts in the 15. I raised and doused the spi three or four times, feeling **** and sometimes worried by the power of this thing. Then I got hit by a gust right in the middle of sending the spi up: with the main cleated and the rudders free to go wherever they wanted the boat turned upwind and flipped. The water was *cold*!

Took me a while to get the spi back in its snuffer bag, and I had to flag the safety boat to give me a hand in getting it back up as I removed my righting line to fix the spi pole and forgot to put it back! Ooops!