where did this come from?

[BR Mon]

Having raced the Miami - MoBay race several time you don't start reaching until you enter the windward passage. Until that starboard turn it can be a beat.

BTW. There is no such maneuver as "tacking" It's called "coming about. It's one of the "trick" questions on the sailing endorsement test.

Captain D
Master unlimited (AGT) all routes
Master Sail 500 tons
Master Auxiliary Sail
Approved course instructor / examiner < 1,600 GT

Thanks for the "sailing class"...I was a fresh water sailer with only one short trip Bareboating on a Bristol 29 in the Abacos for a week...yes, I would announce "coming about" just before the tack....I have followed your post here and have total respect for what you guys do on the open seas. I thought about the people that caught rides on the Banana boats to and from Jamaica and wondered if this term could have been used by them after hearing the terms used by the crew.. however I have heard the term "Reach' used around the world and not just Jamaica...Oh, I can fly an airplane...yes take off and land and not bend the plane....Just incase the conversation moved from boats to aircraft...

BR Mon

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1,802 flight crew hours
118 Combat Missions in Vietnam
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Jamaican Junkie
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My C-130 Navigator taught me to sail in the Gulf Of Thailand....

My response is in jest as you would guess. Thanks for your contributins and your knowledge of Jamaica and life in general..