* Charlie Morgan wrote, On 3/8/2007 9:17 AM:
On 5 Mar 2007 16:39:01 -0800, wrote:

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?


Order Bobsprit to climb up to the high side.

CWM

If only hiking out more could help. By the time its over this far,
you have almost no lever arm, so adding RB's weight would just drive
the rail in further.