Trying to pick a day for sailing next week I could not decide whether 12 MPH was safe with IONA, so I telephoned my son Paul who was at Rutland water.
After a bit of a discussion, he reminded me that my 10 yr old grand daughter was out sailing, solo, with a base wind of 18MPH with gusts of 33mph.
I think I must be getting old.
PS. She sails an 8ft x 4ft Optimist and there are another 206 in the fleet