Anyone have any suggestions about good sources for info about understanding wind shifts, etc etc?
I have recently been crewing and learning a lot from the skipper I crew for (he has done several Worrells and crewed for Smyth in the 80s). Although I understand, somewhat, when he talks about which side of the
puff
we are on it still confuses me. I learn a lot from him but was wondering where people would suggest I look to find that info (book, web site, etc).
In the end it may just confuse me more and certainly time on the water (and paying attention) would help but if that isn't possible then I could read a little.
I do spend time looking at the other competitors- when time allows- and also try to look at the character of the water on the right and left side of the course but I am not sure of what I am seeing.
High Performance Sailing by Frank Bethwaite has some good stuff on wind and weather.
Land masses, water color and texture, wave patterns, clouds, skin, tell tails, shroud ribbons, wind shift cycles, tide tables, smoke, trees, flags, other sailing boats, anchored boats, weather forecasts etc.... <img src=
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Ditto--seems like the first half of the book is meteorology.