I don't know what the limit is, I've had Sweet Dream out in the bay in 18 - 25 several times with a reef and the 110 up, closehauled into 3 - 4 ft chop for some fairly long runs (20 miles). cockpit dry, a little spray in the face. I did have the companionway slats in though. I never though about dropping the sails and firing up the trusty Honda. The only difficulty is fighting down the sails when single handed in that kind of sea. I've tryed heaving too but it seems to work better to drop the jib first, then pull the main down most of the way, sling a couple uf bungie balls around it and head to the dock to clean the sails up. Don in Mobile
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