Bobsprit wrote:

If the wind didn't change direction, wouldn't your return trip have
been a broad reach?

No Wally. You don't know the position of his mooring relative to the
wind nor at which point he started to sail close hauled.

Read it again...
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We sailed, I believe a total of six miles, according to the road map I use
as a
chart. 3 miles was beating against approximately 11 mile an hour winds, and
of
course 3 miles on a run on the way back.
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6 miles total, 3 miles out, 3 miles in. He was beating for the first 3.


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