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The original was posted on /r/sailing by /u/JB4-3 on 2025-08-02 23:57:57+00:00.

I was sailing with some friends in a harbor, creeping along in 5-7 kts. Light wind day, everyone’s relaxed then boom we got blasted. My 31’ sloop almost tipped over, we head up, then it’s over. All in about 3 seconds. Then we could see to leeward a ring on the surface and a hint of tornado moving slowly downwind. Had to be about 30 knots or more of wind.

Is this a microburst? Or did we catch jetwash from a departing aircraft (next to a major airport)? I’ve never seen anything like it and spent a good amount of time on the water. Blue skies, never happened again, seemed to fizzle out by the time it was 100 yards away