[Rhodes22-list] Measured Hull Speed

[Christine Allison]

< The tide  and the wind on the Hudson around
> WestPoint and Newburgh  can leave you sailing like an America's Cup rocket
only to
> find yourself going absolutly now where.>

That area of the Hudson "The Highlands" is famous for wind.  The river
narrows and the mountains on either side produce a venturi effect which
accelerates the wind.

Richard Smith