Friends,

We've owned our M-15 for about 8 years. Up until recently we have only sailed her occasionally. This summer we have had the opportunity to sail much more often and our abilities and knowledge have improved greatly! Thanks everyone for all the really great information.

I consider myself a beginner sailers and as such am trying to learn the abilities of our M-15. In our part of the country wind speed vary greatly from day to day. These past couple of weeks have seen several days of steady 15 mph winds with gusts to 25 mph and beyond, several gusts recorded at up to 35 mph.

How do you'all sail in these kind of conditions? Reefing and sailing with main sale alone has helped us manage winds up to around 20 mph. But how do you handle winds in the 20+ range? 30+ range? Is there a point at which you call it a day and head for shelter? The other day I motored out into 15 mph with gust to 25 mph and found that the gusts would heal and push our M-15 over considerably under bare poles.

I am all-ears for advise!

Thank you,

Randy Graves

M-15 #407