[jephotog]

Sounds like a fun sail. Also sounds like you were overpowered when the wind picked up. As the wind picks up you can do some tweaking of controls to compensate some, but nothing is as affective as putting up a smaller headsail or reefing the main. Either of these would ease the healing, maybe the weather helm and actually make the boat go faster. You may want to practice this a few times when it is calm. Not so easy to do your first time when it is blowing hard. Sounds like you had a current as well. I which I had a boat to celebrate the 4th on.