Any sailing wizzes out there who can answer this?
I’m wondering whether I’m leaving it too late to tack, and thereby covering more ground.
Tack 1
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(I posted this on posterous last week but hang-out was down so it didn’t appear here.) 22 September – our best day’s sailing – 39 miles from Bandol to Hyeres, all on the sail. Force 4 to 6 winds gave us 6 to 7 knots most of the time. Great fun! Bandol to Hyères-sur-Plage It’s still raining. Today’s forecast was showers and Force 2 to 4. We decided to sail from Île de Porquerolles to Sanary, between Toulon and Marseille. Half an hour after slipping out of the harbour the rain started. There was a big, stationary, thunderstorm to the west of our track and we were catching the edge [...] 19th September 2009 | Category: sailing | Tags: france, mandrier-sur-mer, rain, sailing |
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Weymouth Dawn Just had four days’ sailing in a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 35 on the South Coast. Port Solent – Poole – Weymouth – Yarmouth – Lymington – Port Solent. Great weather. Lots of pics on flickr. Karen set off on her Day Skipper Course today. I was going to go sailing as well but my sailing got cancelled so I was on hand to record her departure. #gallery-3 { The Crew Learning About Lines Leaving The Pontoon In The Lock In The [...] |
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