{"id":737,"date":"2009-10-01T19:24:11","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/?p=737"},"modified":"2009-10-01T19:24:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T18:24:11","slug":"when-should-i-tack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/index.php\/sailing\/when-should-i-tack","title":{"rendered":"When Should I Tack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Any sailing wizzes out there who can answer this?<\/p>\n\n<p>I&#8217;m wondering whether I&#8217;m leaving it too late to tack, and thereby covering more ground.<\/p>\n\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-738\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.20.16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.20.16.png\" alt=\"Tack 1\" title=\"Tack 1\" width=\"674\" height=\"557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.20.16.png 674w, https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.20.16-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tack 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!--more-->\nThese examples are from our recent sailing holiday and show the actual tracks as recorded by my Garmin 96C. My instinct tells me that shorter tacks will result in the same mileage and might even take longer because of the loss of speed when tacking, but looking at these tracks it appears that more frequent tacking might be better.<\/p>\n\n<p>Any suggestions?<\/p>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-739\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.22.55.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.22.55.png\" alt=\"Tack 2\" title=\"Tack 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"508\" class=\"size-full wp-image-739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.22.55.png 600w, https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.22.55-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tack 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-740\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.23.11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.23.11-720x461.png\" alt=\"Tack 3\" title=\"Tack 3\" width=\"720\" height=\"461\" class=\"size-large wp-image-740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.23.11-720x461.png 720w, https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.23.11-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/hangout\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture_-2009-10-01-at-17.23.11.png 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tack 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any sailing wizzes out there who can answer this? 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