Hello:
My last trip in the Strait of Georgia wind hit 25+ knots. Seas were higher than the bow rail. I left the 50% reef in the main and took the genny in. I had the main twisted off at the head and let way out but it was enough to cause the boat to only bob up and down on the center board (though heeled 5*). It did not roll at all. Rudders were down and I was motoring because I couldn't make way sufficiently (pointing) toward my destination tacking into the winds and waves. Too bad I wasn't going north that day, I could have made 50 miles easy.
We ran for cover but my friend stayed out 15 hours. He logged 95 miles tacking into the wind to get from Silva Bay to Point Roberts (22 miles as the crow flies).
