Sailing of fitted the compass it acquires much importance, although the wind instruments are the perfect weapon to be able to scratch the maximum to the sailboat. To use an electronic compass with great screen aid to calculate average winds.

When the wind turns although it is of very slight form, we must consider this tendency to sail on the band to which the wind turns. One is to gain the maximum windward but sailing of the side to which the wind has tendency to turn. That is to say, when we go to a fitted buoy of, the important thing is the amount of windward that we need to arrive around the buoy and not to obsess to us with in line straight distance that lacks to reach it.

It is easy to understand: Two boats sail fitting each to a band to the maximum. We suppose imaginary parallel lines they are worth that us as climbs to measure whatever is of windward to arrive at the buoy. They are like rays of yards that are guinea fowl in the fields of rugby. If the wind rola the scale also makes and the windwards that lack to arrive at the buoy they will have modified enough for the sailboats who sailed to one or the other band of the wind.

Both swift-sailing they have divided in equality of conditions for both bands from the starting point located in the part inferior of the graph. To both swift-sailing they need to gain the same windward to arrive at the arrival buoy. (They must cross the same number of horizontal rays and therefore they must gain the same windward, to arrive at the arrival buoy).	After advancing a distance and after awhile, the wind rola to the right. We see clearly like the sailboat who walked towards where the wind is rolado (swift-sailing of the right) has all cattle, while the other sailboat (blue takes) it very crude. To the favored sailboat only it has left a ray to cross, whereas to the other it needs those that already it had to overcome and some more…

That is to say, when we go towards the windward buoy, we must always sail of the side to which the wind is turning. But there is more. The boats that have chosen the correct side, besides gaining “free” a pile of windward will be covering the wind of which they have been underprivileged. That is to say, it is an authentic disaster to sail of the side in opposition to the backing!

Winds that oscillate

When the wind is oscillating of a side for another one of more or less erratic form we must also take advantage of the conjuncture. We must adopt a behavior that takes advantage of each oscillation the wind to be gaining windward in front of the opposites. But before being decided to turn we must consider aspect like the stability of the oscillations since if these are very fast or small, we will lose more in the maneuver we could gain than it.

The important thing with oscillating winds that they are here changing a little for there, is to define the average direction from where it comes. It is necessary to know the axis where the wind comes. For it we must sail of fitted a good short while before the exit of regata, writing down each regular time interval the direction of where the wind comes, to make the average later and to know what is the direction average. During regata we must write down courses in each I embroider to verify that the average wind has not changed.

Then we will act as already we saw in the beginning of the article. When the oscillating wind comes to the right than we considered like the average wind, we must sail to the right band, and on the contrary logically to the other side also. If we are fast in the maneuvers, this extra work to be turning to each oscillation of the wind will make us be gaining more windward with respect to those boats that do not do it. 

But it does not turn immediately after detecting the change of oscillation of the wind. It waits for until the wind has changed to the other side of the average direction that we have measurement. If for example the wind already turned short while ago +5º and now we see that it begins to turn to the other side, does not change immediately of band. It waits for first a that returns to its starting point (+0º) moment at which we will change of I embroider.

The wind turns and in addition it is oscillating

The situation frequently employs and to complica in cover. First that we must do it is to identify it. The wind has tendency to turn towards a side but it does not do it regularly and in his average backing it is giving small backings to both sides.

As in the previous cases it is necessary to continue sailing of the good side, that is to say where is the wind blowing at every moment. The situation is more complicated and we must turn when the boat is on the verge of not entering the fitted one.

Turned and the arrival to the buoy

Sometimes we arrived along with another boat and we must know very clearly that has the priority and that we can demand. For it is necessary to know the rules regata and the regulation. Several rules exist to consider, like which it says that the boat hauled in to port must stay separated del that it approaches hauled in starboard. The boats must in any case avoid the contact, although sometimes they do not do it creating situations often it jeopardize, that give rise to complaints and claims.

When two boats approach in embroidered opposite, sometimes it agrees to turn without hoping until the end to be able to be in front of the traverse of the opposite.	But we took a little advantage (blue boat) will be better to turn closely together of the adversary. This way we will manage to cover the wind to him (gray zone of the graph) and to advance more still with respect to him.

The red boat in spite of crossing by the stern falling a little to the wind takes advantage of the backing of the wind towards its side. More bond to leave the opposite advanced to us if in this way we were able to put to us alongside where the wind is rolando. Soon after we will have been able to advance it.

Sailing towards the windward buoy we must avoid to worry to arrive at the Laylines since we could be without site where to maneuver against the competitor. The one that sails in half of the field of regatas has all the possibilities of choosing towards where going and therefore more options. Sometimes we will be in front of a boat to which to beat and for it we will be used thoroughly neglecting to the rest of the fleet. Serious error since it is not a match-RACE and the important thing is not to beat the nearest opponent, but to scale positions against the rest of the competitors.