too much wind?

The wind reached the design limit of the gennaker (18knots apparent) so we made the decision to take it down before it tore or worse. With a coordinated effort of Paddy, Antoine & I we successfully furled it in short order. We now are sailing under 2nd reef mainsail and full genoa making a little over 9 knots on average with 7.5 VMG. Sailing too much faster than this would have us arrive in Bridgetown at dark which we can't do due to customs restrictions, so the extra speed would have no real net benefit in the end.
The boat's riding more smoothly under this sailplan and it's a gorgeous sunny/windy day. The waves were quite exceptional to watch when the sun was coming up behind them this morning as you could see through the top couple of feet of the crests of the waves which were a brilliant turquoise color. I had never seen that effect before other than at a beach, but those waves typically reflect the brown and green colors from the sand instead of turquoise.