If you're like me, trying to understand the difference between true wind and apparent wind was a major obstacle to cross in learning to sail a boat. Forget confusing other witnesses and indicators of mechanical wind sailing books that speak more. Try this new way of seeing the three wind sailing.

Ship Wind (BW)

Let's say you start on a quiet morning. You start your outboard motor or diesel engine and a small navy. Next, you start to feel the first type of wind – called wind boat (BW) – Knock on his face while catching sailboat steering wheel or tiller. Barco wind always blowing down the ship from stem to stern. This happens no matter how you spin the boat.

True Wind (TW)

Later that morning, look around for signs of true wind (TW). To start navigating, you need a bit of true wind. Some indicators of the true wind are flags, wind socks (like those at airports), the ships (with their bows usually facing the true wind) and wind waves. Ahhh – it is! You see a flag flying high on a mast near the water. Now is the time to raise our sails to take advantage of the third type of wind sailing …

Wind Apparent (AW)

As soon as you raise the sail, the wind of the ship and true wind are combined together. AW is between wind and wind ship real. Think of AW as his "wind sail trim. If AW blows between the arch and the beam, set the sails parallel to the direction of AW. If AW blows between the beam and the stern, adjust the sails to be perpendicular to AW.

How to Trim the sails?

* Close towed (hitting)

Now let's close on a wind-blown course real (TW) 45 degrees to the starboard bow. Where to trim its sails parallel to the apparent wind (VA)? Between arc (BW) and 45 degrees of the bow (TW).

* Reaches between the bow and Manga

Let's turn the boat on a beam reach, what the true wind (TW) is located just off the starboard beam. Where to trim his sails now that AW parallel? Among the arc (BW) and beam (TW).

* Extended reach and implementation of

The broad scope, AW will be between the beam and fourth (at the corner of the stern). In a race, with lines of AW TW dead astern. Ease the sheets of mainsail and Genoa (or arm) to be perpendicular to AW. It is even possible to establish a large globe of colors, as the spinnaker sail to ramp up your speed for the thrill maximum wind in the sail!

With this new way of thinking about apparent wind, you will learn to sail a boat better than ever. The practice these secrets sail trim to improve their ability to master the navigation to the next level and beyond.

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