What kind of a kicker does he have on it? I've seen sailboats that just barely made headway against the current. And a few that started drifting backwards once the current got up to full steam, and had to turn around and wait it out.
We're in the first quarter of the moon, so the current won't be ripping too hard, but still, he'll do better skating downcurrent. It's the difference between a 25 minute sleigh ride, or an hour and a half struggle while burning a lot of gas.
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