The Challenges of Solstice Sailing

Some of the most challenging solstice sailing I've done is crossing the Anagata passage because I work the Caribbean a lot. It's an 80 nautical mile stretch of open ocean where you've got two converging currents. At one point I had to hove two because I was taking so much water over the side it started to flood the cabin. When I'm crossing the Antigottia passion, some of the worst stuff I've had is I did a trip with 25 gusts and a 30, close hauled into that stuff. And I thought about turning around a couple times but I forged ahead. My dad did the 1500 this year. We were going to island hop our