>>35056435Define "hard". On one hand, during the Age of Sail, the strong westerlies and West Wind Drift was utilised to great effect by the clipper route, which allows for ships to sail very quickly from west to east. On the other hand, the same strong wind and current also make it a dangerous and probably very unpleasant journey, so you can see it as a high-risk, high-reward thing. On this planet, the /asp/ peninsula kind of put a bump for the West Wind Drift, so it would be a bit slower but also a bit more survivable.
