"Marc" wrote in message
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i can confirm that sailing conditions were awsome July 31st.
Lower Bay, NYC winds S/E at 20+ kn steady. Stupidly single handing an
unreefed Freedom 36. Got beat to hell, but lord it was geat.


Sounds like you had some great sailing.

Are you saying that you believe that Bob did 9 kts downwind, with 11-12 kts
of apparent wind?



Regards

Donal
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