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Originally posted by gatotom

kinda makes the solo sail I did this past wkend in 12-14k winds and getting almost 7k outa my boat seem like I was standing still, but the boat was in the water
In a race last summer, we were sailing upriver against the current. We were going 6 kts over water and -1 kt over land. Pretty funny to have the spinnaker out and be going backwards, slowly.
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