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Roger
Recently I was sailing SF Bay with a friend on his 26ft. Skipper Marine. It was a stiff day, 25kt wind, and we were beating to Angle Island from a marina in Berkley. All canvas was in the air, jib and main, with no reefing. When I took the tiller it almost flung me overboard. My friend is 6-3, 230lb, and can wrestle bears. He said "the tiller is a b....., so hang on tight". I thought the tiller was going to snap. I asked if the keel was down and he assured me it was. Any suggestions as to the cause of this extreme pressure on the tudder / tiller, and what he can do to reduce ?