Originally posted by Decimus:

Originally posted by Ptolemy:

Tacking back and forth to either side of the wind is called beating to windward, and it doesn't work very well in this game because a. there's generally too much land everywhere, and b. you don't sail fast enough just outside the angle of the wind to make it noticeably faster than simply rowing into the wind. And you cannot do this in a small channel, regardless.

Again, another person that doesn't even read the OP. Why do you people exist?

Actually I read your post in its entirely, but ironically I bet you didn't read mine, since if you had, you'd know I was defending you, you absolute bot.