"Don White" wrote:
If he was close hauled and fighting a current... you must be on a broad
reach with the current pushing you along.
I'd say you're going the 'right way', as long as you get off before you
arrive up here. ;-)

Yep we were on a "broad reach" with the Ford Lehman genny unrolled to
about 1400rpm
http://dnkcruising.blogspot.com/

In coastal Georgia, the current on the ICW is very very transient
(although strong... 3 knot currents are common) because the rivers ae
so twisty and the inlets so close together. If you have a current
against you, just keep plugging along because in 3 miles or so it will
reverse as you approach the next estuary/inlet.

I love this part of the coast, but the tides can be maddening... so
much so that I don't even worry about them unless anchoring for the
night, then I only want to make sure we have enough water under us to
not bottom out; and let out enough scope to not yank the anchor out at
high.

DSK