The cyclone is called Friedericke (at least in Germany). I tried to play with her yesterday. We went out, she sent us straight to the ground after 5min sailing, bearing away on reach for the first time. We made a massive pitch pole. My crew flew 10m or more strafing with his ear one of the forestays. When I looked for him, I found him on the top of the mast. Nothing broken apart from one sail batten, my crew has still both ears on his head, but some pain. Later we learnt, we had 35kts and gave a good entertainement on the beach. Too bad, I didn't have my camcorder...

Cheers,

Klaus