Kernix wrote:

Okay - basic sailing - if the wind is at your back - yeah, the crew is
happy and sailing is easier and top speeds are obtainable - if the wind
is hitting your face - boo, the crew now has to work by tacking and
this is when the speed of the boat is at it's slowest

Basic sailing? Dead down wind is fastest? Close hauled is slowest?

Um....this somewhat depends on the boat, but neither of these statements
are correct.

///Walt