As we roared toward the south shore at close to 7 knots with the 15 knot W wind, we wanted to try going NW, but we found the waves pounded us too much, so we tack back after about 5 miles.
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French Vanilla (dark) and Wind Dancer (light)
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About 15 miles out we noticed that the wind was starting to shift W to SW (as forecast). We tacked and were able to head 285 West. We wanted to continue on this tack to Niagara, but the boat and crew were being pounded by waves. We tacked south until about 6 miles out until the waves died down a little.
Lots of freighter traffic out there!
This port tack at around 5.5 knots due west was the game changer for us. We were about to head due west for almost 40 miles and our VMG was approaching our speed through the water. We started getting beat up again by the waves 8 miles North of Wilson, so we tack and went fairly close to shore.
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| Yet another beautiful sunset with a freighter on the horizon! |
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