Steve Firth wrote:


If you're not moving how can the wind be on your nose?

You are MOTORING. That means MOVING. You can't motor / move on, say
course 180 degrees in a dead calm and then turn say 40 degrees to port
and expect the resultant relative wind to help your progress because the
relative wind is always directly on your nose.

Yes, the steam would make the water move in many directions but the
point is that it's not RUNNING uphill. It's being propelled uphill.