Michael, the Seawind 1000 Owners Manual recommends Mainsail First Reef
at 18Knots, Second Reef 22Kn and Third Reef 25Kn. Your unnecessarily
overstressing the vessel and yourself if you don't. There have been
several and recent scoaa threads based on real storm experience and
Seawind excellent heavy weather handling capability. Kind Regards,
Graeme
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Subject: Chris White on Capsize Prevention
http://chriswhitedesigns.com/news/anna_capsize/lessons_learned.shtml
A few weeks ago, Chris White's Atlantic 57, ANNA, was capsized by a
violent squall near Tonga in the South Pacific. Both ANNA & the
Atlantic 42, also capsized in heavy winds (Lake Michigan, 2004), are
very well-built boats that were not racing (ANNA was sailed by a
professional delivery crew).
The linked article was just written by Chris White as his response to
this recent capsize & his suggestions on how to sail defensively in
heavy, squally conditions. I've not heard of any capsizes among the
more than 200 SW1000s built so far nor seen anything written by any
Seawind owners describing near capsize conditions but it would be worthy
of a good discussion. In my case, after a decade of sailing my Seawind,
I still am still never sure in a good 25-30k wind whether it's time to
back off & reef or try to push the boat go just a little faster.
In any case, Chris White's suggestions on how to survive such conditions
are well worth considering.
Mike
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