In case it's of use to anyone, we discussed wind direction and other issues at the thread below a few years ago.

Good luck to all you East Coasters. I'll be heading back to the boat in Holland Sunday, assuming the storm doesn't screw up our flights.

Max

http://cruising.sailboatowners.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/webbbs_config.pl/md/read/id/174473