Bravo!!! ... let me tell you that crew will want to sail again with a skipper with a brain! ... as well as big blls.
You wouldn't have had much higher levels of adenalin, but been physically beaten to sht.
And though we all seem to have an obsession with our J30s ... they are antiques ... now meant to be loved ... not torn apart.
And Hey... it looks like they abandoned the race ... so that gurantees no one can call you a wusss.