Heh, I lost count of all the times I went over. First five minutes of the race we were beam reaching, a good gust hit us and we pitch poled. Then when we went to right the boat, she gained power and started sailing. Good thing me and my crew were hanging on the boat, we must have been draged maybe 50 yds before we got onto the boat.

We then jibbed and noticed the spin was not rigged properly. We could only use the spin on a starboard tack. We decided to lower the spin and just use the main and jib. Once we rounded the mark, thats when stuff got nasty. Wind was howling. I lost count all the times we went over. We then swapped into "Get to the shore mode" instead of racing. We depowered the rig, and started heading to shore. When I was out on the trap, the boat had a tendency to push me aft, (maybe the mast rake) plus the hammering of the waves. I need to install some foot straps. It was NO fun. Atleast I can say, I finished the course.

The boat suffered some damage, so I think I maybe out for MKL race. Has anyone taken a trip foward of the jib and then bounce back aft and hit the tiller extension bending it into unknown proportions?

As far as bugs light location is, I really have NO clue.