Looking at Humberto this graphic may help understand the wisdom being shared in this Sailors Text
Traveling from point 2 to point 1 you leave a wind field of 23knots See the barometer drop as you cross the eye it becomes calm then start into another wind field traveling in the opposite direction and with some increasing force moving from Yellow to Red is sailing into increasing wind strength 30-40 Knots. The storm is moving in NE direction The place to be in this storm is to the SW. Where the breezes are 15 from the NW. The Green Zone.
Traveling from point 2 to point 1 you leave a wind field of 23knots See the barometer drop as you cross the eye it becomes calm then start into another wind field traveling in the opposite direction and with some increasing force moving from Yellow to Red is sailing into increasing wind strength 30-40 Knots. The storm is moving in NE direction The place to be in this storm is to the SW. Where the breezes are 15 from the NW. The Green Zone.