Introduction.
As we all probably already know, the courses or ways of sailing are named according to the angle at which the real wind enters us with respect to the bow of our boat, as we see them reflected in the figure above.
On the other hand, the combination of the ‘real wind’ with the ‘head wind’ generated by the course and speed of our sailboat, results in the wind we call ‘apparent wind’. From the moment a sailboat starts moving, this apparent wind is the one that affects our sails and provides us with the sail power. In addition, every time we change course or speed, or at the slightest shift of the real wind, the apparent wind will change, which requires constant attention and adjustment of sail trim.
In this new chapter of the on-line book ‘Sail handling and trimming’ we are going to remember the concepts of ‘real wind’ and ‘apparent wind’, the name of the courses at which a sailboat sails depending on the direction of the wind, and we will also see some very basic considerations about how to sail a sailboat in relation to this wind.
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