I've remembered a comment from Roy Shaw last night. He said "The compass tells you where the wind has gone to." this was in response to a comment I had about how the wind shifted and how I saw xxx on the compass... I think his comment was that I should not use the compass to tell where to go... I understand that, and I don't know how to predict it, except for looking at boats ahead, for puffs, but how to tell if the puff will head or lift - often I can't see it. I don't think I'm trying to use the compass to tell me where the wind is going to, but it may have come out that way...
Posted by Bob at June 19, 2003 12:01 PM