A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
When is the right time to alter course?
Q Roy owns Boreas, a 12m long-keeled Bermudan cutter. He bought her because, in his words, she is sea-kindly and stable. The downside is that Boreas is heavy, difficult to manoeuvre and slow in open seas.
Roy and wife Peggy are sailing is sailing close-hauled on a port tack at about 4 to 5 knots in good visibility in daylight.
