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Like they say, the most dangerous threat to cruising sailors is a schedule

I wonder if the large size of the boat gives a false sense of security regarding the conditions. On the night in question, at 30kts and 6+m seas, in the dark, with conditions not matching the forecast, in a 36' boat I think most would downshift to heavily reefed main and tiny headsail if any...

This boat is sort of a flush deck design, very exposed helm stations and "cockpit", main sheet right in the midst, that thing could lasso crew/helmsman in an unexpected jibe.

It would be interesting to hear from the recovery skipper about how they went about locating the boat, search pattern, the whole tale.