sherwindu wrote:
I think the problem was not so much the time of the year, but you
probably sailed when there were winds out of the NW, N, or NE.
That makes for very steep waves ...

I read Doug's post to say they encountered following winds for the majority
of the passage. Unless they were heading south ....

The point is that even with following winds, this stretch of the coast
typically provides pretty good seas for a small yacht. I have made offshore
runs on this stretch a number of times, and in most cases I had periods of
rather large following seas, and I am not talking about gale conditions,
just typical early summer/late fall days and nights. It is worth wondering
why this trip was scheduled for February, but as Don Rumsfeld has famously
pointed out, you go with the trip you have.

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