| cardinal_mark |
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| 03/07/2008 09:04 |
Re: Looking for the magic number in wind vs tide...
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A couple of weekends ago we were beating into strong wind over tide which was creating the inevitable Solent short chop. At times we were slowed from 5 kts through the water to just over 2. Our speed rose to 6 once we were able to bear away onto a reach. This was in an HR 31, bigger boats didn't seem to be suffering quite so much but there didn't appear to be that much in it.
Mark