| Re: Identify windshifts in downwind
[Re: CatSailingHu]
#217454 08/12/10 06:04 PM 08/12/10 06:04 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | You can definitely still use the compass. Upwind on starboard, you tack on more negative readings (header). Upwind on port you tack on more positive readings (header). Downwind you do the opposite...on starboard, gybe on positive - port, gybe on negative.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Identify windshifts in downwind
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#217525 08/13/10 02:09 PM 08/13/10 02:09 PM |
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Posts: 246 Kiel, Germany | But when you get a gust, you bear away which will change the reading of the compass, too. Your method works only when you have steady wind.
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#217593 08/15/10 04:36 PM 08/15/10 04:36 PM |
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Posts: 3,528 Looking for a Job, I got credi... | Apparent wind boats, look for pressure not shifts downwind unless it is VERY consistant and shifts are large. Agreed. As someone said above; you get a gust you bear off 20 or more degrees; Unless they are big shifts or bends; just look for pressure.
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