Where You Can Go with Sailing
You can enjoy the wonderful sport of sailing in so many different ways. This
book shows you some of sailing’s amazing diversity. Sailing has taken us all
over the world. We probably wouldn’t have met, fallen in love, and had two
beautiful daughters if not for sailing (cue the soft violin music). Sailing has
romance, travel, excitement, and moonlit nights in secluded coves with the
sounds of the waves lapping against the hull. Of course, our seaborne
romance also brought diapers, college saving funds, book deadlines, and
mortgage payments — ah, yes, sailing has brought so much to our lives. And
it can bring wonderful adventures to your life too — if you just turn the page.
Wind
Tack
Destination
You can’t steer to
a point directly
upwind. Your sails
luff and have no power.
Pull sails in all the
way and head up as
far as you can without
sails luffing.
Figure 1-8:
To sail to a
destination
directly
upwind, you
must take
an indirect
route.
22
Part I: Before You Get Your Feet Wet
05_791431 ch01.qxp 4/28/06 7:23 PM Page 22