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From: Sean C
Date: 2012 Dec 6, 15:02 -0800
"...wouldn't turning a sailboat into the current (as in my example) actually slow the speed through the water enough to change the necessary course to steer? Or is this error so small as to be negligible? Or is there some other way to factor that in?" -Sean
Well, I posted my question over at Sailnet and someone there introduced me to Polar diagrams for yachts. This was what I was missing. Apologies if I did not state my question clearly enough. Thanks again for all of the responses!
-Sean
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