On one of the lakes, its a bowling ally so lots of tacks. On the other lake, one side of the course was faster, so more tacks on that side as well.

I actually broke all tacks/jibes/roundings into 24 metrics to help pinpoint my problems. Pretty geeky, I know, but I do it for a living, why not apply it to sailing. Anyway, I am zeroing in on not just tacking faster but on port tacks and what I need to do to tack faster. That's worth a couple of hours on a spreadsheet.

I printed out scooby's reply and intend to apply this in my training. I have a week of vacation coming up and intend to sail every day if the winds allow.