August 22, 2025 Hitting 6.7 knots going south in Plumper Sound
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The Island Effect - you expect the land to block the wind, but no, it amplifies it. I have never gone faster than 6 knots before, didn't think it was possibl...
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The original was posted on /r/sailing by /u/OldGaffer66 on 2025-09-06 02:22:20+00:00.

Some little bit of that might be current. SOG is from Aquamaps.

After many years of avoiding reefing, either not going out in a bit of wind, dropping sails and powering, sailing with water coming in the scuppers and white nuckles, I realized some things about reefing:

  • You don’t need to tie off all those dangly bits, as long as the mainsail is snug at each end, you’ll do fine. How many of us don’t reef or put off reefing because of that painful chore?
  • It’s not just the reduced sail area, it’s that the remaining sail area is lower down giving you less tipping moment.
  • It’s well worth doing as you can go really fast and stay pretty level as opposed to standing on your ear and barely moving.