Val...
At least you would be starting at a higher latitude.
From my description, I did not include the better moments.
When the wind is right, you fly, and a 36 ft ship will reel of 140 mile days with little trouble. String a bunch of those together, and you are nearly there. The
charts, still on board, speak for themselves... "downwind at last", is scribbled on one of them, as the wind, at last, gave us the quartering drive we really wanted.
This pretty lady can move, if the wind plays the game with her...
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That time of year seemed to lead to unsettled and confused weather. The amount of heat in the air made a nonesense of the prevailing wind
charts and it was not unknown to have days of mirror calm, then days of stiff easterlies when you wanted to go west.
What's your ship?
Best wishes.
Rockter.