Originally Posted by scooby_simon
Depends on what the wind does.

Thier line is the great circle route I believe; so in absence of any wind issues it would be the quickest route; however; the wind changes!


Not to sound snarky, but I understand wind velocity variations for the route. I just wondered if the shortest distance truly is the line they give us (great circle). I should have said, "shortest route" instead of "fastest".

I did find this in the FAQ's but I did not see it last time I looked.

"Is the world flat?

All yacht positions are calculated using spherical trigonometry formulas.
So the world is round."