Steer a Sailboat Easier with This Magic Sailing Tip!
Sailing 16 years ago 27,882 views
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It would be hard to screw this up and find yourself badly off course, either. Experiment and you might see.
On the first interval, do hold course for half the time to keep your original line of course in the center of your intervals? Say you pick a ten minute interval, the first s turn would only be five minutes?
Thank you in advance,
Ray