30
May
By Will Sofrin Sailing offshore, on a coastal passage or racing, winch overrides can happen. How do you deal with them effectively? The energy on board is tense. Our rail is pressed hard down, and I am getting covered by walls of white water breaking over our deckhouse. Unfortunately, I wasn't dressed for these conditions since I thought it would be just another one of our typical Wednesday night beer can races. The race committee was usually pretty good about calling the race off if the conditions got too intense, but not tonight. "Thirty seconds!" our timekeeper shouts, who is…