Originally Posted by
albatross
Slight thread drift.
In olden daze. It was normal to depart slightly out of wind. The thought being that if one the hamsters died and you were forced to ditch you would not end up in the water directly upwind of the rig drifting rapidly backwards into the rig.
Then the gawds started preaching.."Depart directly into the wind".
Thoughts?
Saves having to swim to the rig, plus if you are into wind you may get away with not ditching in the first place ;-)