[BluH2o]

Speaking, or typing, as a FReeper with more than casual knowledge of the Straits of Gibraltar ... passing thru four times on U.S. Navy vessels and twice on a 15 meter sailing yacht ... the Straits are very dicey ... especially on smaller vessels. No self respecting sailor will ever put out from Gibraltar against prevailing winds from the west ... you sit in port till they abate if you plan to sail westward ... otherwise you are sailing into contrary wind and current. The wind off Tariffa (half way thru the Straits) are especially strong ... T. Boone Pickens probably has a piece of the action on the wind mill farms that dominate the tops of the hills near the coastline.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!