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Originally Posted by Amgine  I hate to do this to you, but you averaged 2.5 kts VMG on the upwind side of things |
Yep, I did some calcs on my angles and VMG, and that's what I figured too. I was planning on being able to make 100 miles a day, and it was a struggle to make good 60 miles. Once I started motorsailing (the final northbound segment in the track before turning back) we were doing a bit over 4 kts SOG (and in the right direction), but regardless, it would have been a very long and uncomfortable trip.
I've been spending a lot of time proving to myself that I made the right call -- I'm not used to crying uncle! Actually, I'm reasonably comfortable with my decision to turn back, and looking carefully last night at the weather and buoy reports for the past several days has only reinforced this.