When sailing and racing along the coast there are local effects that we have to consider. “The wind will back next to that cape”, “be careful of the funnel effect between those two islands”, “the wind-shadow of those cliffs is really big (…)” are all expressions we have heard many times. But, what about the [...]
There are many statistics and many more books talking about how important it is to start a regatta in the best possible way. It doesn’t matter if we are sailing in a fleet regatta or in a match race, a good start will give us many options and good confidence for the rest of the [...]
Every sailor in the world has seen this image (the wind triangle) on the board of a sailing school’s classroom or in a yachting manual. What some sailors may have missed from that lesson or that chapter of the manual is what influence the current has upon the Apparent Wind. If we look at [...]
Currents can be defined as the continuous flow of water from one place to another (definition by the UK National Oceanography Centre). Many factors can generate currents, such as gravitational forces, rotation of the earth, wind, water conditions gradients and/or geographical landscapes. Furthermore currents can be classified into surface currents, which comprehend the top 400m [...]
