mhhhh, that sounds a bell. I am catsailor, too. I sail a F18 Dart Hawk and we get quite wet from time to time , sometimes even a bit bashed. A couple of weeks ago, I was invited by a keen Mumm 36 racer of our club (in our club, the cat sailors actually talk to the monohull sailors) to join their crew for a couple of club sails. These guys are pretty serious you know. I simply couldn't turn down the offer. Man, what a awesome boat!!! On my second night out, we had a steady 25 knots gusting well over 30 and we (ten crew & helm!!) had great fun. Just after rounding the mark, the guy on the foredeck made a mistake while hoisting this monster of a spinnaker, the pole broke and we broached . We went over and eventually, the mast tip was about two feet over the water. I was stuck between the mast and the kicker and was literally standing on the shrouds. It felt like ages until we were back up again. Instinctively I knew that these kinds of boats just don't sink, but I still felt a bit uncomfortable. Interestingly, after sorting things out, we still did 14 knots downwind without the spi!!!

Phi - Edinburgh, Scotland