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Boat is overpowered in a gust:
http://i1.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/8f/19/843e_1.JPG

Spinnaker flogging, boom dragging in the water and cannot be eased
further.

In the pic, the boat is still moving forward but very soon the foils
will stall and she will be uncontrollable. The skipper has a few
seconds to take action or they will capsize. What should he do?

As a bonus question, what is different about the boat in the pic from
most conventional sloops that might affect the skipper's range of
successful options?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King



Given the boom can no longer be eased, seems to me the only two things you
could do would be to attempt to head up or ease the main halyard. The former
would be difficult, given that you'd probably have to move to the low side
to get the tiller in the right spot, thus the boat would temporarily heel
even more. Dropping the halyard might not be possible very quickly.

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