with 40+ gusts, and we're 40 miles inland from the ocean and well south of Rhode Island.
Maybe the writer of the article didn't understand quite what's entailed in sailing to Bermuda in June, never mind February. That would be bad in Newport, where 5 minutes in Zelda's they could hear enough sea stories for a lifetime.
No hint of what route they plan to follow after Bermuda . . . south to Cape Horn? Panama?
How much is enough food and booze?
Do these guys have warm clothing even?