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I totally agree with toastchee. You never know what is going to happen or when. Just this past weekend, I was on my buddy's IP. The wind on the Bay suddenly changed from 8 knots to 20 knots. His boat was instantly overpowered. He went forward to put in a reef and was having difficulty moving around. We switched positions and the boat was really getting slammed by the chop. As I was putting in the reef, the Jib lines fouled. As he tried to reduce the jib sail area the line for roller furling tangled. It was total chaos for about 15 minutes. We eventually got everything straightened out but it shows just how quickly conditions can change.
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