Quote Originally Posted by Dobbs View Post
Mill Creek is exceptional for providing protection from the wind. Following the unruly forecast, Suzanne and I set off expecting to take two days to get to Pocomoke City. An hour or so after starting, we had the second reef set and were surfing down waves on a broad reach, averaging well above our hull speed, which is rather unsettling. Suzanne said that while she was setting the reef, the waves behind me (I was at the tiller with my back to the wind) were quite unsettling. Anyhow, we covered the distance to Pocomoke City in one day with time to spare but we were too tired to do anything.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocomoke_City,_Maryland
I saw sustained winds over 20 knts with gusts over 30 knts in Rock Hall last weekend. Even up in Wilmington we had a steady 17 knts with 20 knt gusts. I was out cycling on Sunday and really got blown around a bit.

Would have been excellent conditions for the Great Schooner race, at least for Pride and the larger vessels!