The weather looks terrible, lets go sailing anyway
Alright alright, we should have known better but it's been so long since we've been sailing and had a few days on the boat. Sure the forecast was saying 20-25knots (and gusts a little higher) which in itself I have no problem with. In fact it's 'spirited sailing' The issue was, we wanted to go to Fitzroy Island. It's our little escape location. But sadly it lies directly upwind of us once we get out of the harbour. Our little Westsail 32 is a heavy full keeled boat that does go to windward 'OK' but she has a bluff bow. A bluff bow is great because she's a pretty dry boat as any waves we hit are pushed to the side and dont come raining down over the top and onto us in the cockpit. One the other hand, the energy used to push the water to the sides is taken from the forward motion....meaning we go slow down and in some sever cases if the waves are steep and tall enough she will nearly stop. So to try and counter this we would bear away (point...
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