At the end of January I had a two night trip to Portmahomack. It was cold, but the weather beckoned.
On the way back I had more wind than I (or Windy) anticipated.
After rounding Tarbat Ness I had a very fast reach over to Lossiemouth. Hard on the wind for the first hour, then 50-60 degrees off for the rest, not too much sea running.
I wasn't reefed, but would have put one in if I'd realised it was going to be so breezy. Mostly 17-20 apparent.
When I tied up in Lossiemouth, I had covered 22 nautical miles in three and a half hours - about 6.3 knots through the water
For more than an hour as I was approaching Lossiemouth, my boat speed stayed consistently above 7 knots. The conditions were ideal - a new wind, with little fetch (from the S, SW) meant there wasn't a sea running.
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