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Racing an X-362 named Xoco in the Skagen Race 2022, the crew encountered severe conditions crossing from the Swedish coast toward Skagen, Denmark, with gusts reaching 50 knots (25 m/s) and heavy breaking seas washing over the deck.0:05 At extreme heel angles, water flooded through the instrument housings, knocking out the autopilot and engine instruments and letting water below deck.0:17 To run the bilge pump, the crew bore off to reduce heel, but that caused the mainsail to flog violently — a load modern laminate sails cannot sustain.0:34 The mainsail tore first, then the jib.1:06 The jib could not be lowered, and the shredded cloth in the forestay created enough drag that the boat could not make headway toward Skagen even under full engine power, achieving only one knot.0:51 After more than 30 hours awake, the crew abandoned the race and returned to Sweden with the wind behind them.0:46 They sheltered at Elløs to pack the sails, where the damage was confirmed as catastrophic: the Kevlar fibers in the sailcloth had lost tensile strength from UV exposure, making the cloth brittle under load.1:42 Loss of mobile coverage during the crisis caused alarm at home, as the boat disappeared from AIS tracking.1:57

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