@neauoire Hah, know the feeling. We've had a season of this in the Aegean sea. The pilot book kept waffling about "the prevailing southerly" but said southerly never showed up once in four weeks and we had to resort to smashing upwind at 3am for several nights in a row as the waves and headwinds were a little lighter than in the daytime.
Tires you out! On the upside, we got to explore unusual anchorages that weren't accessible with the "prevailing" southerly.
@yngmar yeah, and you take off at 3am expecting the current to help only to throw yourself into some uncharted counter current..