Stewart, I'm glad you said "did I say there wasn't any damage?"

Sailing all my life in the 3rd windiest state of 48, scientifically proven to be flatter than a pancake, we are acclimated (sp?) to high winds. On the big wind days there is always a cat, centerboarder, windsurfer, university team and/or kite boarder out. Someone's always breaking something. I've (we've) raced a whole day (five races) with peak gusts in low to mid 40 knots with no damage to our three year old boat. Just playing, this last October we lost the 20 y.o. everyday jib on the 18 in 35 knot peaks, with three aboard, two trapping off the wings. When we test the limits of physics stuff breaks, the price we pay for going as fast as possible

BTW I record settings and atmospheric info with the two closet airports (both more than 10 miles away) The Corp of Engineers site only gives the current wind and the peak gust at the lake. Getting a bag for the digi camera but until then no pics.