Use swooping to maintain forward motion when your destination lies upwind. In light air on a detailed hauled course, your speed may drop off quite slightly. When it does, fall off to a close reach course of action. Wait for the boat to develop speed the moment. Use a slow, smooth motion with the wheel or tiller to 'swoop' look out onto your close hauled way. Keep sailing close hauled until your speed actually starts to drop off again. Then, fall journey wind the close reaching course in order to ...
Recent Comments