On the last weekend in April 2015 the Dauphin Island race, Mobile Bay, Al began in winds about 20 knts and a sunny day. This race is the largest on the Gulf Coast sometimes seeing up to 250 boats on the 5 class start. About 3pm my son called me from Waveland Ms. some 80 miles away to say that a violent storm had gone though and not to go sailing. Luckily for me my boat was having repairs. The race fleet was caught around mid-bay with no place to hide by a sudden 70 knt straight line wind. That storm had gone 80 miles in less than 30 min. It capsized many boats, 10 were sunk and 6 people lost their lives. Visibility went to zero, and waves to 10 feet in a bay that has a controlling depth of only 10 feet. It lasted for several hours and my friend John lost his boat, spent 3 hours in the water until he was spotted by another boat. He and his two crew were rescued.