On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:02:07 -0000, Tahiri wrote:

If they wanted it to cross the Atlantic I would have thought the West
coast a bettter place to start?

East coast.

Of America. Don't the Trade Winds blow vaugely west to east across the
North Atlantic? If you get down to the Azores they start to blow east to
west.

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Cheers
Dave.