It certainly is faster... but it's not always quicker.


CM

"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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| There's an article on sailnet (
|
http://www.sailnet.com/collections/a...2%20%20&tfr=fp
| or http://tinyurl.com/h9z6 ) which claims it's faster to tack downwind on
broad
| reaches instead of running straight downwind. (Assuming you want to get
dead
| downwind.) Have those of you who sail found this to be true? Let's
assume
| there's no spinnaker since I don't have one.
|
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