Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

I've done several trials in my long boat sailing into my base and sailing is always faster than paddling in the long boat except in rare cases where there is a navigable river that cuts through 2 land masses and paddling in those tight quarters cuts off a huge amount of open ocean sailing to get around the other land mass.

This had been bugging me so i came back and did few more tests...

Fitst you answer my concerns with Krave with a bunch of examples from Longboat. Ofc longboat can keep heading better, and therefore tack better than Krave. Apples to Oranges.

Second, in Longboat it takes about wind strength of 0.66 for tacking to match rowing (minimal amount of direction switches, no high sea, but it was in the ocean, and target was directly upwind). Now im not sure how often winds are above 2/3 of the wind scale at sea. Possibly more than half the time (if its not pure random like wind direction). But pretty sure not all the time.

Not saying "dont tack" but that rowing isnt as bad as you think. Your tests might have been to destinations not exactly upwind, in strong winds etc. Also when tacked as you show on 1st screenshot, thats *definitely* as fast or slower than rowing.