Even allowing for the potential wind changes, I would have assumed that you
would have been much better off trying to stay in close.

How many hours of contrary tide did you have? What was the wind direction
? What was your course?

Is there a chart on-line?

Yes, I probably should have headed in for less current, but we were having a
grand time. Current ran against us from around 1:30 to 4:30. 245-250 SW was our
course, I believe. I have no idea if there's a chart online. I think Maptech
may have some freebee charts of the area.
Even yesterday, sailing out of Manhasset, we faced heavy current in the
afternoon, making our 7 knots into 4.7-5.0 OG.

RB