Last time I flipped,

Singlehanding at the Formula 16 global challenge aug 2007; Third day sailing, but second race day with big wind. 20-25 knots wind with gusts up to 30 knots, waves of over 6 feet.

On that single day I flipped the boat about 5 times in 2 different back to back 45 min races and righted it singlehandedly all times and continued to finish inside the time limit. Then I called it a day and let the 3rd race of the day slip. I was totally neckered. At the end I got so tired that I was making more and more mistakes and was getting closer and closer to flipping it more often.

If somebody is complianing about getting tired from just helming a whole day on a two-up boat then I always think :"You ain't see nothing yet, try doing a multiple day event singlehanded (helming and crewing) on a spinnaker boat in a blow and rough seastate !"

Wouter