The practical lesson of setting the boat into true wind, was an eye opener for me. Many times I bring the boat into apparent wind to drop the sail...and you have to correct again...thanks
Just realized we were neighbors. We owned a 27FT Newport Sloop docked at Marina Village for 5 years. We moved to a Catalina 34 and are now dock at Harbor Island downtown. But, we keep visiting occasionally Mariners' basin. Did subscribe and look forward for the next video.
Not really new...But the say at home orders make it hard to do anything new. This is a re-edit and I fixed a major mistake in the video so I'm glade I got it done.
No stupid questions . The slowest wind direction is directly downwind. All other wind directions, including downwind, but at an angle are faster due to the fact that the boat uses the wind as a lever to increase the boat speed.
@@CaptainLang Thanks! So it's kind of counter-intuitive to the layman's logic, right? I'd expect the ship to move the fastest when the wind blows directly from behind and all that.
In this video I am talking about where the wind is coming from. So when the wind hits you directly in the face you are looking towards the direction the wind is coming from.
Great video but I'm confused.. isn't true going to be more sideways to the boat and apparent wind going to be more aft (i.e. pointing more towards back of boat? ) thx
I measure the length of last line that I drew. This line is from the center of the graph paper (the boat location) drawn out to meet the end of line which we just moved. The moved line is the speed and direction of the boat which we move to the end of the apparent wind speed direction line. If you listen carefully you will hear me say that I have doubled the scale written on the graph paper. So I have doubled the numbers I read off the ruler built into my drafting tools. I hope this answers your question. If your new to graphing you may need to watch my video a few times to fully understand.
You say "just barely" was it the plotting part or the whole concept that was a little hard to follow? I was focusing on the concept and just add the plotting in for advanced sailors who love the technical stuff.
