Sunday 30 June 2019

Sailing the Course with a Calibrated Compass

Sailing the Course with a Calibrated Compass

48 hours after the successful first completion of the sailing course, we're back to repeat the course; but this time, with the compass calibrated (better than it was previously, anyway).
The sailing performance was much better.
The wind was about 10-12 knots from the NNW.

Sailing the course much more efficiently this time.


The current settings for minimum Apparent Wind Angle (AWA) while beating to windward is 45 degrees. The log results show that this resulted in tacking angles of 105 degrees.



Sailing the last leg in about 10 knots of wind.

The next steps in development should include preparing a polar diagram of performance of the vessel.

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