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Re: Silicon Sea: Leg 82
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Dec 04, 7:20 PM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Dec 04, 7:20 PM
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: [Snip Definitions] > > 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. > > ------------------------------ > > george@huxtable.u-net.com > George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. > Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222. > ------------------------------ Cheers -Dan-
