Tea and sandwiches fall overboard. You get soaked. Time for second reef - if you had a reasonably good mainsail to begin with. If not, try to lower the remains out of the way. Nasty chop mixed with nasty swell.
Slight apprehension sets in.
You almost drown doing your gymnastic routine on the foredeck. Things start to break. The radio insists it's sunny and warm with light to moderate south westerlies. Wife and dog are enthusiastically preparing a lawsuit. Land seems very far off.