I feel your pain. Acre of windage on our boat too, can be a real challenge when it's blowing hard. We roll up all the windows we can so it's just clear space or screens and that helps a little, but still can be a bear. After two years with our boat now I'm able to play the wind okay in most directions, except when it's on the port or starboard forward quarter. Pushes the bow around and I just don't have the touch on the throttles yet to correct or push back against the wind to keep the bow pointed where I want to go. Aft, on the nose, flat broadside, even on the aft quarters, I can anticipate or compensate pretty well by now, but I still can't fight the bow coming around very well at all. I watch the windsock at our marina and if it's on the forward quarter, I know it's going to take me two or three tries to get in.
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