Dog stares hypnotically into your eyes until you let it into the cockpit. Below, things start crashing to the cabin sole. Three foot chop. 24 knots Boat feels like runaway roller-coaster. Structure flexes and vibrates.
Winches break down.
Steering is more difficult. Hopefully, wife has declined to go sailing with you again. Time to put in the first reef. Dog cowers in cockpit well. You start to get wet.