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Veering and backwinding

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Coby Turner
Bluffton, SC, USA
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Veering and backwinding
Posted 2020, Jul 03 21:52
The last diagram on the page - indicates that the wind is veering. One of the boats is experiencing backwind - would that mean that the wind would at that moment be coming from back to front? I think I'm confused. Wait. Does backwinding refer to a bigger wind direction than what is occurring around one boat? Help me.
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Grant Headifen
Reply 2020, Jul 06 02:21
Backwinding and veering are independent of each other. A sail that is back winded means purely that the sail is set out too far and wind is pushing in on the lee side of the sail. It makes the front of the sail cave in a little. All you have to do is bring the sail in a little so that the wind is pushing on the sail to give it a full shape.
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