A large tall ship catches a lot of wind even with the sails furled. Even with the tide - even with two motors - it didn't help us get off the dock when the wind was blowing us back onto it. Also a lot of the time, tall ships have a deep draft and have to be really careful about how they leave a dock, to make sure they stay in the channel and don't run themselves aground, so they can't just generally try to go "out."
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Date: 7 Nov 2012 08:09 pm (UTC)