Wind and sails
On a beam reach, this side of the sail has lower wind speed and higher pressure.
What is the windward side of the sail?
This part of the boat prevents it from side slipping
What are foils? (Keel; center board daggerboard)
This is the telltale you push the tiller towards when you need to .
What is the bad telltale?
When you are sailing upwind with sails trimmed correctly and maximum lift
What is sailing in the groove?
This is what it’s called when you have high pressure on the windward side of the sail and low pressure on the leeward side of the sail.
What is lift?
A spot on the water where the wind is heavier, and it might cause you to be overpowered.
What is a puff?
This is how much heel you should have to keep your boat fast
What is none? (Flat)
This is the name of the sunfish that jimmy uses in the fall racing series.
What is Butter?
The mode you are in when you are sailing downwind
What is Push mode?
A spot on the water when there is less wind than the surroundings
What is a luff?
What it is called when the vessel wants to turn up into the wind and you have to fight your rudder towards windward to stay straight.
What is weather helm?
This is the name of the sunfish that Marcell uses in the fall racing series
What is R2?
The point of sail you are on when the pressure is the same on both sides of the sail
What is the no go zone?
When you anticipate a puff so you head up and ease your sail a little before you hit the puff
What is feathering?
When the pressure turns your boat away from the wind, requiring you to push your tiller toward leeward (pointing the boat towards the wind)
What is Lee helm?
This is the name of the first hurricane that missed us and turned out into the Atlantic (not the one causing us wind right now)
Who is Humberto?
The name of the mode that you are in when you are sailing anywhere between a broad reach and close hauled.
What is pull mode
When you make your sail fuller and head down from the wind a little to overcome waves and go faster.
What is footing?
On a beam reach, this side of the sail has higher wind speed and lower pressure.
What is the leeward side of the sail?
This is the name of the hurricane offshore that is giving us all of this wind right now.
Who is Imelda?