magicaltrout
New member
Hey folks,
I am a complete novice, so please excuse the foolish question.
I recently bought a small yacht after a few years of inland cruising on the broads on a motorboat. Anyway, I'm working through my day skipper course (slowly) and I've taken the yacht out up the Orwell and a couple of small offshore trips with an instructor or a friend to help me get some experience before I do anything too silly.
Anyway, when I was with the instructor, I said "I have a plan to take the boat up to Whitby next year" as that's where I'm from and its a bit of a random bucket list thing. He chuckled and said it should be fun, but amongst other pieces of advice he said "Make sure you sail up in a Westerly". I didn't think much of it at the time, but I never got around to following it up.
Why was that advice given? Like, clearly you don't want to beat into the wind for 24/36 hours, but why specifically a westerly? Or do I need to go back and ask him?
I am a complete novice, so please excuse the foolish question.
I recently bought a small yacht after a few years of inland cruising on the broads on a motorboat. Anyway, I'm working through my day skipper course (slowly) and I've taken the yacht out up the Orwell and a couple of small offshore trips with an instructor or a friend to help me get some experience before I do anything too silly.
Anyway, when I was with the instructor, I said "I have a plan to take the boat up to Whitby next year" as that's where I'm from and its a bit of a random bucket list thing. He chuckled and said it should be fun, but amongst other pieces of advice he said "Make sure you sail up in a Westerly". I didn't think much of it at the time, but I never got around to following it up.
Why was that advice given? Like, clearly you don't want to beat into the wind for 24/36 hours, but why specifically a westerly? Or do I need to go back and ask him?