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Heeling is SCARY!
I'm using a friends Tanzer 22 this summer ... our first sailboat! While sailing around Portland Maine I had the 135% genoa up with the main and the winds started to get gusty (maybe 10-12 kts w/ gusts to 15-18 kts). I'm not sure how far a T22 heels but it FELT like it was to much! We dropped the genoa and sailed back to the marina under main only.
How far is to far? There are a lot of races around and I see a lot of sailboats heeling over but they are much larger than my '22 (it has a center board not a fixed keel). It really does scare my wife and I to heel at 25-30 degrees ... I'm I overreacting?
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