This is an excerpt from the NauticEd Electronic Navigation Course. The course is FREE when you buy the Bareboat Charter Master bundle of courses. Or A La Carte it is only $25. In this section we are discussing Max VMG – that is the max Velocity Made Good towards an upwind or downwind destination, the […]
VMG – Velocity Made Good and Polar Plots This discussion comes mostly out of our Electronic Navigation Course which is available also as an iPad Electronic Navigation Course App. For sailboats, VMG is slightly different than what you’d expect if you were navigating an airplane or power boat. For airplanes and powerboat VMG is your […]
The polar plot is the navigator’s friend. Below is an example for one particular boat for one particular true wind speed. They are published by each manufacturer for each model of boat with their various sail plans. It shows the theoretical attainable speed for a specific sailboat at various wind speeds. It’s easy to read […]