He said sailing west ON a westerly.

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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I think he was- sailing west into a westerly and couldn't depower the
main?????????

Cheers MC

katysails wrote:
Sorry, I was being too terse. We brought the main down in Stonington
harbor
before we entered the channel.

That's better...I was beginning to wonder if you were starting to suffer
from some Alien disease....