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Default Power sailor to wind sailor

On Mar 20, 4:34 pm, "Two meter troll" wrote:
Thanks all.
im learning a bunch
2MT


From 1943, Chapman's "Piloting, Seamanship, and Small Boat Handling"

uses "Heaving to" to describe .... powerboats .... when engines are
used to keep the bow
into the wind....

hey 2mt i think ya'lled call that "joggin in to it" if my Boaring Sea
and Bristol Bay memory serves me right.
Arggg.... Bob