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Gust

Technical visualWind and gusts
Wind and gustsA wind-speed trace with a steady band and brief higher peaks.wind speedtime
Wind and gustsA wind-speed trace with a steady band and brief higher peaks.121wind speed2time
Sustained wind describes the averaged flow; gusts are short-lived peaks above it.

A short-lived increase above the sustained wind.

Gusts matter because steering load, heel, wave generation and docking difficulty can be driven by peaks rather than the average.

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