Just sailed at my local club in very shift conditions and got badly beaten. I always like to do a post-mortem after I sail. My conclusion was that I was tacking almost every time I got headed on the wind BUT I was tacking before the wind oscillated past its mean/median/average position. ie I was sometimes actually tacking away from the lifted tack onto the headed one!
So...my problem is... I do not sail with a compass and the very top guys don't either so how do they work out the mean/median/average wind direction to work out whether they are on a lift or header. The default cries are: use the land or use other buts BUT the the you surely cannot use the land as you are moving relative to it AND how can other boats help me with the mean/median/average wind direction?
Fellow Laserites - please help?
Ta,
Eatchips
So...my problem is... I do not sail with a compass and the very top guys don't either so how do they work out the mean/median/average wind direction to work out whether they are on a lift or header. The default cries are: use the land or use other buts BUT the the you surely cannot use the land as you are moving relative to it AND how can other boats help me with the mean/median/average wind direction?
Fellow Laserites - please help?
Ta,
Eatchips