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I live and sail in the hot and humid South. Even so I'm wearing my PFD over 90% of the time unless it is really hot and almost windless. I get the southern boater's point that it really isn't practical for them to wear them at all times. However I have a hard time excusing anyone from not having...

My guess is the wind was blowing the boat to leeward at a pretty good clip once the keel aired out. The masthead in the water is driven down by the water pressure until it hits bottom in the shallow bay. This may not be as much of a problem with heavy boats, but it sure is in light ones. I think...

That sounds bad. Awful even. Glad you guys came out no worse for the experience.

Before they took it down from the website, I'm almost positive the NOR stated every boat was required to have a VHF. I *always* have a waterproof VHF in my PFD pocket. I've gotten to the point where it seems crazy not to have one. Too much Watertribe, I suppose.

I was able to look at the scratch sheet before they pulled it from the web. Most of the boats were keel boats from 24-40'. There were about 12-18 beach cats, a mix of Hobie 16's and other makes. Otherwise the biggest fleet of small boats was ~8 Catalina 22s. I don't recall any centerboard...

I got caught out in a similar storm once. It wasn't quite as severe however with winds topping out at 55 mph (report courtesy of a nearby weather station at a marina). Once we realized we were going to get plastered, we only had maybe two minutes to get the sails down and lashed. We were late...