Recommend you do this clockwise. The reason being that the waves & current on the south side can slow you to a crawl if you're beating into them. Running with them is no problem.
Conversely, going upwind on the north side of St. John is very sheltered and a much easier beat to windward... from Pillsbury Sound we usually tack almost all the way to Jost and then back to Francis Bay.
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