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Default newbie tacking question



Horvendile wrote:

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 06:33:14 GMT, "Doug Miller"
wrote this crap:

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is this typical to have to fall off the wind much more than the eventual
heading to obtain steerage?


That's perfectly normal for a keel boat.



Also normal for non-keeled, lightly ballasted sharpies.

FT