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Nothing but sailing - tacking down the Sea of Abaco

Here’s 6 minutes of upwind sailing. Silly tiki music in the background for fun. Conditions: 12 knots from SE, predicted to build to 15. Reefed main and 2/3 genoa - because I hadn’t secured everything below very well, and was not in a real hurry. Reality: Sailing against 1.5knot tidal current meant I was tacking thru 95 degrees on the compass, but 125 over the ground. Took 2 hours to go 6 miles. As soon as I rounded the point at Crab Cay (just after I stopped filming), the wind was funnelling up the narrow passage at 15-18 knots, with stiff 3-footers. Motor on at 3/4 throttle to make about 4 knots headway.