SuburbanDharma said: It's absolutely something that should be working on a charter boat, but my anxiety about squalls taught me very quickly that if you can see one coming, you should reef. No gauge required. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
If you don't reef at the proper wind speeds on a cat, you can break things. On a mono, it will just heel over to relieve the stress.
