When is the right time to alter course? - Yachting Monthly
Yachting Monthly 0shares Crossing the English Channel. Credit: Alamy James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. Question: When is the right time to alter course? Roy owns He bought her because, in his words, she is sea-kindly and stable. The downside is that Roy and wife Peggy are sailing from Cherbourg to the Solent. The wind is northwesterly 4 and Boreas is sailing close- hauled on a port tack at about 4 to 5 knots in good visibility in daylight. Roy has safely negotiated the shipping off Cherbourg and is now in clear water, north of the Traffic Sepa...
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