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Old 19th June 2003 | 05:38
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Whirlybird

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I learned that the drift is three-quarters of the wind speed when your track is at 90 degrees to the wind, half the wind speed when at 45 degrees. It seems to work. But as I've said on another thread, the difference in both methods is less than 5 degrees usually, and you don't need to be more accurate than that in practice.
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