I'll play.

Last summer
20-25mph
5-10 minutes

Had my non-sailing buddy and his 12 y.o. on the boat with me. Wind was supposed to be 10-15 mph. Was blowing pretty good and getting stronger as the evening went on. Tried to tack and had a hard time getting the nose through the wind, so I reversed the rudders to get us the rest of the way through. That worked well, but after coming across the wind, my buddy forgot he was supposed to move to the other side of the boat and retrim the jib... for some reason he still didn't get it with me getting persistently louder and more frantic while yelling "get on this side of the boat... the jib... blow the jib... THE JIB!!!" Oops... my bad. We all went for a swim and his 12 yo was scared out of his mind. Cried and whimpered for all the way back to the landing... of course we couldn't sail straight to the landing, had to make a couple tacks to get there <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Checked the wind reports when I got home and verified that when we got off the water, average wind was 22mph with gusts up to 30. Maybe just a bit strong for a new crew and white knuckled 12 yo. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hmmm, neither one has been on the boat with me since.