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Tacking
In the interests of prolonging this thread - if you don't tack in a header
and just bear off, I would say that would turn out to be much slower. I've often seen beginners bearing off on a header and ending up sailing away from the mark. -- regards, Malcolm Osborne Benoni, South Africa "andrew m. boardman" wrote in message ... Stephen Page wrote: What's the best to read up some more? I really like Jobson's 'Championship Sailing'. But I'd also say that you can spend too much time reading and not enough time on the water practicing. Also is tacking on a wind shift the thing I need to get nailed down first and foremost? I wouldn't worry about the shifts and just work on the fundamentals of tacking. Hitting the shift just right is nice, but not losing several boatlengths in a tack is a lot nicer. It's really all about maintaining and maximizing boat speed. (I'll also happily argue with whoever said that not tacking is guaranteed to be faster than tacking. Lots of boats can gain with a good roll tack; 42.2.e is there for a reason.) |
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Tacking
Gene Fuller wrote:
andrew m. boardman wrote: (I'll also happily argue with whoever said that not tacking is guaranteed to be faster than tacking. Lots of boats can gain with a good roll tack; 42.2.e is there for a reason.) Andrew, Literacy is such a growing problem today. Agreed. On June 7 I said, ". . . then a single tack will generally be fastest." And on June 8th Matt Colie said, "Any tack costs speed and they should be avoided when not required." I would guess that Andrew was addressing this comment, not yours. Cheers. //Walt |
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