Tradewinds are supposed to be easy ... NOT

Tradewinds are supposed to be easy ... NOT

One of the hardest day sailing I’ve ever had. Chris and I have been hamstring for the last 10 hours. Wind in the mid twenties to 30s. Auto can’t handle the 30s. I had 30 minutes of mid 30s with a peak gust of 40 kn. hit 14.8 kn of boats speed with double reef main and double reef jib. Insane. Pretty tired.

I thought Tradewinds were supposed to be EZ