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Re: Setting a course when sailing into the wind.
From: Bill B
Date: 2016 Jul 27, 15:38 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2016 Jul 27, 15:38 -0400
On 7/27/2016 2:08 PM, Greg Rudzinski wrote: > Down wind sailing is counter intuitive in that steering off the mark and > jibbing will get you to the mark faster if there is any noticable > increase in speed with a course adjustment (up to 20°). Unless you are already at hull speed going straight down wind. Then "tacking" downwind is just extra distance. It all in the polar diagrams :-)
