Lonny Bruce wrote:
When and if you get over so far as to loose rudder control, the boat will
round up nicely into the wind on it's own.

Not necessarily. A big genoa (especially an old baggy blown-out one)
will drag the bow downwind.


... It really is not that big of a
deal in 15 knot winds.

I'd tend to agree except that it's a bummer and it could happen at an
inconvenient time such as when passing another boat.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King