Imagine the face of an analog clock. Beam reach is wind from 3 or 9, boat
sailing to 12. Close reach is wind from 10 or 2, boat sailing to 12. Close
hauled is wind from 11 or 1, boat sailing toward 12.
Mostly I'm just trying to understand your story. So, was your point of
sail a close reach, a beam reach or close hauled ?
Ken Silverman, p-15 "Vegan Lorax"
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 GSTahoe@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/17/99 2:03:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, hlg@pacbell.net
> writes:
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> > "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
>