[Rhodes22-list] Sailing at Night

[Michel Meltzer]

A straight line between two points, like a line on a chart, for example
going on a mark dead into the wind, you would be tacking 45% on either
side of the rumline(think of it as the fastest way to the rum is a
straight line :-), on the sound there is tides/current, slippage from
the keel and wind, simple helmsman's error, sail sets for the winds and
faster speed, going to windward, etc.....  So the boat is moving all
over the place (well hopefully not :-) in relation to the rumline, so
you are adjusting your course to it to reach your point. -mjm 



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> 
> Michael,
> What's a rumline?
> 
> Rummy
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