On storms, you don't deliberately sail into them. But sometimes you get caught. Thunderstorms with microbursts are actually the worst. You need to get sails down to absolute minimum in those cases. A rainy day is a marina day or a go ashore day. Your boat will safely sail in maybe 25kts of wind, but I tend to make it a lay day for anything over ... More @Wikipedia
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