Tender, it scares me

[jcrumpley]

like the others said, it will round up

I used to be worried about being knocked down in my H25 as it can heal quite quickly on the lake I sail on due to the heavy and somewhat unpredictible wind gusts. Once I pushed the boat to the point of rounding up a couple of times, I quit worrying all together about being knocked down by the wind alone. The rounding up is very predictible and repeatable. It is easy to reproduce, and equally easy to avoid by doing the things others have suggested.

 

[Nicky17000]

You have already recieved very good advice but it will not hurt if I write what I experienced. When we first bought it (H23.5) I was also scared so I took with me an experienced skipper to check it out. It was a fresh breeze on the increase and he deliberately did not reef and did not spill the main in the gusts. Every time it was knocked over, it just rounded up into the wind.
I will be more concerned when there are large waves.
Other factors that help is to have some mast bend to flatten the main and enough rig tension to minimize forestay sag.
I added another pair of jib turning blocks slightly more aft from the originals and outwards touching the toerails. I fixed them on a small piece of marine plywood set in epoxy. With them, it points slightly less but rides better.
A much better approach would be to fit adjustable tracks.
I also have another 95% jib (custom made by Doyle) It does help in moderate winds but I can't get the best out of it because there is no fairlead adjustment. For it, I use the original leads.
I also added another reef between the original reef and the boom.
I use it when the wind is too light to reef but I have a feeling that it is picking up. It also has the effect of making the main flatter. Our main is too baggy for my liking. I guess it also works psychologically on me especially when I'm solo.