Jake thanks,

That's a good idea to have a drift sock. I think that would have helped keep the bows in the waves.

Boards up next time as well.

So I guess I'll leave the main sheet alone for now. Keith and you seem to be saying don't lengthen. There is no way I could have rounded up though it was so powered up if just thought about coming up. Maybe if I had the boards up that would have been different.

I felt like I had to take the sails down with the winds so high. The boat flipped from one side to the other and we weren't even hiking out to right it. I just blew the tramp enough to raise the mast and sails off the water. Then to right the boat our friend hiked out pulling on the dolphin striker. That's all it took to get it up, with out the sails.