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You might want to check the diagrams and animations at https://sailing-blog.nauticed.org/americas-cup-apparent-wind/ https://sailing-blog.nauticed.org/americas-

• mcv 4y ago
  Nice animations! They explain a lot. And this is exactly what I mean: they're going from broad reach to broad reach (and not even that broad a reach!) instead of going straight before the wind, because they need a sideward component to the wind force.