"Roger Long" wrote in message
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When I got back inside, I got out my cell phone and dialed the weather
number in the control tower. "22 gusting to 32" and this is measured 50 to
60 feet up in the clear air above the wind gradient. I'll bet there are a
lot of sailors, probably some in this newsgroup, who have never seen 30
knots of wind while out on the water.




Really? It happens regularly here in NZ. It's not hard to manage in
coastal waters but with a swell it gets nasty. Reef down big time and hold
on tight.

Dan