While sailing close-hauled on a port tack the wind shifts towards your bow. Was that shift a header or a lift?
Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat, will be selected at random from the correct answers.
Thanks to last week’s Mindbender winner, Jimmie White, for his answer to “While underway, does a masthead wind indicator point to the true or apparent wind?“: Apparent.
