Well, the 2004 race was the heaviest conditions I've ever sailed in, out past the Gate. I tried the storm jib and took it off in favor of a jib I had at the time which was a "permanently reefed" 100%. This means that the sail had a reef point built into it, and I just had Synthia cut off the bottom section of the sail. That took about 6 feet off the bottom. It was relatively high-clewed. I guess I could draw it out on a sheet of paper and figure out what percentage of the foretriangle it was, but I'll guess about 65%. I couldn't lie ahull with that sail and the double-reefed main, either, the main kept overpowering the boat. However, when actually sailing, we were fine. Boat was a. Santana 3030 with an oversize (Santana 34) rudder.

Stuff went terribly wrong in that race, but it wasn't the sail selection.