This dynamic conflicts with the efficiency of minimizing tacks: if the wind were static, the ideal course would be a big triangle, but if you run that course there’s a risk that the wind will shift on you and you’ll end up in an unfavorable position. Mind the wind and when it changes reevaluate - depending on your positioning it could be more efficient to change your course. The other thing to be aware of is that the wind often shifts while you’re en route, and this can change which tack is favored in the middle of your leg. In practice this isn’t too big of a deal until the direction of wind deviates from your ideal course by 10-15 degrees or so, but if you’re running from a serpent every meter counts. When this is the case you want to spend more time on the favored tack because your travel is more efficient. If your ideal direction of travel isn’t directly upwind, then there will be one side that’s favored - you’ll be able to head closer to your ideal direction.
Make sure to hold a course to get momentum again before reattempting the tack. Either way you lose all your speed which sucks that’s why building up enough speed to tack through cleanly is so important. If you’re almost there drop the sail and scull through the turn ( you can do this turning the other way too, the important thing is just to get back to the wind). If you’re less than halfway through, you can let it ride until you find the wind again. Your direction of turn will reverse toward your original course unless you move the rudder. If this happens your sail will catch the wind and push you backwards, slowly and clumsily. If you lose momentum before completing a tack, you won’t be able to turn all the way through and you’ll stall. (Incidentally for real life, this is also true of jet skis! Beginners have the instinct to throttle down to avoid a collision but that just depowers your ability to turn).
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If you’re moving slowly for some reason, head close to the wind but still with full power and hold there for a bit before tacking. It’s best to tack at full speed, with the rudder all the way over, so you spend less time losing momentum through the turn. This is important because your rudder only turns the boat using forward momentum, so the speed of your turn is proportional to your forward speed. It does work in game which is delightful.Īnother point about tacking is that you lose sail power when you’re pointed into the wind. There’s a technique called ‘feathering’ in which you skip back and forth over this angle, building up momentum then gently pointing more upwind to get closer to the wind before you lose speed, but it’s only really useful if you’re just a few meters short of getting around a rock or something. Regardless, as close to the wind without losing full speed is the sweet spot.) Your course is most efficient when you’re as close to the wind as possible without losing that white marker (there might be a decrease in speed as you get within a few degrees - there certainly is in real life but I’m not sure how well this is modeled in game. The wind indicator on your boat compass lights up (gray to white) when you’re getting effective wind power.
Make the most of it by waiting until you’re about to run aground before starting to turn, but mind your turn radius. Sometimes this is constrained by topography - if you’re navigating close to land, either sailing a narrow passage or hugging the coast to avoid serpent dangers, there’s a narrower space to sail across. You lose speed when you tack so there’s an advantage in minimizing turns. Navigating upwind involves turning (tacking) back and forth across the 90 degree dead zone to gradually work upwind. In real life exactly how close you can get depends on how the boat is designed and tuned, but 45 degrees (either direction) is a good rule of thumb and appears to be true in valheim (As an aside it would be cool to have a sailing skill that improved this!). The most efficient way to sail upwind is by heading as close to the wind as possible. I’ve never played sea of thieves but I’m told that it’s more like driving a car that has a sail, so wanted to share some tips particularly on sailing into the wind. I grew up sailing and I’ve been impressed by how well modeled the sailing in valheim is. I wrote this out as a reply in another thread, but thought it might be useful so wanted to post it independently.
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