TacticalSailing - Sailing the long leg before the short leg - Optimist

Sailing the long leg before the short leg: The course against or with the wind offers the advantage of shortening the distance when the wind shifts. Namely whenever the wind direction changes. A wise decision is therefore to follow the rule: sail the long leg before the short leg. Anyone who steers on the "short leg" runs the risk that the wind could turn back again and thus makes a taltic mistake.