Sailing downwind is fun and easy. --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- With the spinnaker up & the --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- mainsail in a broad reaching --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- position, your sailboat will --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- be making the most effec- --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- tive use of the wind to --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- speed you along the water. --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- As you steer your boat --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- through the courses, take --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- note of the boat speed in --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- relation to the wind speed & --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- direction. Try to keep your boat --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- pointed in a direction that makes --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- the most effective use of the wind --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- when sailing downwind.