Yes, the wind indeed felt like a bullet. It was in the Long Island
Sound - about 1/2 nm from shore. In hindsight, it probably would have
made sense to bear away to a broad reach? I did not for two reasons.
(1) I wasn't sure if that would have made the boat more vulerable to
another knockdown and (2) I was too focused on trying to head into the
wind in order to furl the sails. A number of folks in this thread
mentioned heaving to. It seems to me that would be ok if the jib is
adequately reefed, but not ok as an emergency measure with a full jib.
What do you think?