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Wind Speed Test # 2

Capt. JG wrote:
I'm guessing 70+

Nah, not that high. You can see spray being blown off the
top of the crests, that starts to happen in the 40 ~ 50 knot
range; by the time you hit 70 there are sheets of spray
driving horizontally across the water.

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