WK -As I said earlier, the Celestial pulled three 10" minimum diameter (I think) 50' pilings out - both stern pilings and one bow piling. I should say that one stern piling broke off just under the surface of the water, the other stern piling and a bow piling pulled out. One piling (not the one that broke off) slingshot up and into the boat. The end was sticking out about 4' past the aft rail. I don't know which piling it was. I think the top of that piling penetrated the boat's bow below the waterline. I don't know what happened to the other two. The remaining bow piling is now cocked about 45 degrees from vertical and the breast piling is standing upright. All pilings had doubled 3/4" nylon rope on them except for one bow piling which was tripled. The breast line was an older line, but all the other lines were new. All lines had good chafe protection. Albin 43's have a very solid double Samson post setup. It apparently held up. I took some pictures when the boat was being removed by a crane on a barge. It was not a pretty sight. I tried to attach one, but I really don't know how to.