Hi folks, this question has been of interest to me for some time and I have asked it before in a couple of different ways to a few different audiences but it has never locked in for me.
When on the upwind leg I am spending so much time looking for room, wind, and ROW situations and I find myself with not enough memory or brain power to track the shifts to see if we are being headed or lifted. On at least half of our track we cannot see shore to use the shore heading to tell and I have not found any display on my Raymarine Chart Plotter to help so please let me know what you do. One of our crew suggested that there must be something on the chartplotter to help but the only thing I can imagine is using the track to follow our angle and how it shifts.
Are you all using the compass to track the variations in heading? Do you have any tricks to help me fit compass watching and calculations into what I am doing?
Thanks, Dan
When on the upwind leg I am spending so much time looking for room, wind, and ROW situations and I find myself with not enough memory or brain power to track the shifts to see if we are being headed or lifted. On at least half of our track we cannot see shore to use the shore heading to tell and I have not found any display on my Raymarine Chart Plotter to help so please let me know what you do. One of our crew suggested that there must be something on the chartplotter to help but the only thing I can imagine is using the track to follow our angle and how it shifts.
Are you all using the compass to track the variations in heading? Do you have any tricks to help me fit compass watching and calculations into what I am doing?
Thanks, Dan