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Subject: Re: Silicon Sea: Leg 82
From: Dan Hogan (dhhogan@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 21:20:16 EST
Thats part of the reason for the terms HEADING and COURSE. Sail boats make
leeway. I gave myself a headache once trying to account for leeway on a trip,
and gave up. It may have mattered significantly in square rigged ships, but I
think that in modern small sailboats it can be dumped in with compass error.
At least it never seemed to bother my navigation on a cruise, can't speak for
racing.
On 4 Dec 2001, at 19:00, George Huxtable wrote:
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>
> and others have contributed to the discussion on the distinction between
> heading and course-through-the-water.
>
> But nobody has mentioned the word LEEWAY!
>
> Don't sailing vessels make leeway any more? Perhaps list members' interests
> are confined to power craft. Even these can suffer from the effects of leeway
> under certain conditions.
>
> In general, the main reason why a vessel doesn't travel through the water in
> the same direction as it points is because of the effect of LEEWAY.
>
> George Huxtable.
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> george@XXX.XXX
> George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
> Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222.
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Cheers
-Dan-
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