In article , DSK
wrote:

Peter Wiley wrote:
Upwind first, then upwind again to get home, of course. Is there
another kind of wind?


Unfortunately, yes. If you try that around here, you have a
50/50 chance of going upwind both ways.

Umm, I think that's what I said.

On a very rare day, I can beam-reach off the beach, out into the
channel and across to Bruny Island, then back home again. This is very
notable because of its rarity.

PDW

Here it is easy to run a beam reach back and forth across the lake. Not
much distance and not much of a task.

Joe

In article . com, Joe
wrote:

Here it is easy to run a beam reach back and forth across the lake. Not
much distance and not much of a task.

I live at the western end of a bay that opens onto a channel running
more or less N-S. Winds are W to SW a lot of the time. The days when I
have a nice 10-15 knot northerly, *and* the tide is in, *and* I'm not
in the office or far away from home, are rare.

Plenty of southerlies but taking a 12' dinghy out into the Channel in
25 knots gusting 35+ with wind bullets spinning off the hills is a bit
too interesting for comfort. Doug is right tho, it improves your
reaction time nicely.

Once I get my barn finished I'll get onto the next project - a lot
bigger boat *and* the time to use it seriously. Meanwhile, plenty OPB's
to play on.

PDW

Peter Wiley wrote:
Umm, I think that's what I said.


You're right.
I should get new eyes, these old ones are used up.


On a very rare day, I can beam-reach off the beach, out into the
channel and across to Bruny Island, then back home again. This is very
notable because of its rarity.


If it happened too often, you'd get spoiled and that would
be bad.

DSK