I hope most took my post in jest...but I too have recently found myself pulling back when conditions get extreme and dropping out of "race mode" a little earlier than I would in the past. I started sailing with the philosophy that "the existence of a limit cannot be determined without exceeding it" - but when we got into off shore gonzo blasts in last year's Tybee and this past Steeplechase, I found myself pulling away from the trigger a bit...and I think I've backed off just a ~little~ too much recently - including the Tradewinds regatta (we stayed fast, but I didn't push any crossings....then again, it wasn't my boat, etc.). There's a lot of psychology to this stuff. "Racing" in heavy conditions on a boat prone to capsize is a fine line between skill level and at what point you stop racing. I guess I've moved on to the 'sneak up on the limit' philosophy as of late.