Haber 660 sailing through a small storm on Lake Constance

For strong wind go to 01:00:00 For setting first and then second reef with main sail up go to 00:28:30 In this video I sail single handed on our 10 year old Haber 660 C2 near Arbon. I sail east with the wind from aft to beam reach most of the time. I started with a very light wind, but the dark clouds encouraged me to set the main sail to the second reef. A wise decision, as windspeed picked up to over 6 Bft. You will see that I was very lucky not to be hit by the boom when the wind direction suddenly changed with the first gusts of the storm. The Haber 660 is a sturdy sailing boat and always feels safe. I have traveled winds with over 110 km, h. This was a light storm in comparison. But with short waves coming from behind it felt a bit like riding a wild Bronco well over hull speed. I found that this is a situation that my tiller pilot couldn t handle. After 1. 5 hours the battery of the camera was empty. The VIRB image stabilizer did an amazing job, the camera was fixed to the vibrating flagpole.