When heading down wind, when are you “sailing by the lee?”
Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a one-year subscription to the digital version of Blue Water Sailing magazine.
Many thanks to all readers who sent in answers to the last Mindbender question on lay lines. The winner this week is Rachel Thune, Mission Hills, CA who emailed: “Sailing up wind, you get to the lay line when your next tack puts you on a direct course to your destination, say the windward mark on a race course.”