> "Close beam reach"?
Sorry, Harry, I was trying to think of how one would describe a point of
sail where you are sailing as close to the wind as possible. I guess that's
exactly what I should have said. Or, perhaps I could have said, "Sailing
with the pointy end of the boat going in the direction of where the wind is
coming from, but just a little off to the left of that."
I might have said, "Sailing with the square end of the boat coming from where
the wind is going, but turned up to the right just a teensy bit" Along the
same lines, I may have been a little more clear by stating that I must sail
the boat so that the thingamabob at the top of the mast, that looks like one
of those wind thingys on a barn is pointing back but just a scosh off to the
right, or left, most of the time.
Understand? It's the clear mountain air that does this to one's brain. It's
like those folks from Los Angeles that come up here and think they're choking
to death because they can't see any air, so they figger there isn't any!
Geoff
P-15 Lollipop
N. Lake Tahoe, NV