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I guess we all see things differently. I see a boat in a very confused sea with more than one wave train and not a lot of wind. The rougness after the storm so to speak.

And with hindsight being the pefect science that it is, I would have hoisted a reefed main to get more boat speed, left the headsail up and put a light drogue out to stabilise the yawing.

But there are probably dozens of different opinions . . . .

Andre
What do you mean by a "light drogue"? Like a warp run from the aft bollards made of 300 feet of one-inch line? Or like maybe 40 feet of a Jordan Series drogue?
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