Here's the deal...
For the much of the last regatta and certainly the first two races of this regatta we were totally confused.
Every race we sailed on the lifted tack, patiently waited for a header, and tacked when the header arrived.... Each time, we ended up losing ground to those that went the other way!!!
Now we are absolutely convinced that we should sail on the headed tack into the left corner, wait for the lift that always arrives and then tack!!!
Who thinks that sounds right??
Well, not many of you I'm sure, but it has worked for us without fail about 8 times in a row!!!
It is all backwards, it shouldn't work but it does!! Why?????
Well, the answer is ... Things ARE all backwards!! We are upside down!!
Our compass was purchased in the Northern Hemisphere. We are in the Southern Hemisphere. So our compass is upside down and reading backwards. In otherwords, when it tells us we are lifted, we are actually headed.
Now everything makes sense and we'll be fine.
What do you think???
4 comments:
The really funny part about all this is that you sailed the Aussie Nationals and only figured this out on day 3 (or 4?) of the worlds?
The really funny part about all this is that you sailed the Aussie Nationals and only figured this out on day 3 (or 4?) of the worlds?
I hear that the toilets swirl the other way too.
I hear that the toilets swirl the other way too.
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