What’s one thing you wish you’d known when you first started sailing? - American Sailing

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  • pacificsail

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    January 17, 2026 at 9:54 pm
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    Great article ⛵

  • joseph

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    January 28, 2026 at 1:59 pm
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    Very good article that I could relate too. But I have a question on item 5: slowing the boat down.

    Don’t you turn the boat “into the wind” and not “away from the wind,” in order to slow the boat?

    Or did I misunderstand your point?

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