Estimating Position

Judging Leeway
When a canoe sails into the wind, the wind pushes it sideways, not just forwards. This is leeway. Because of leeway, there is a difference between the course that the navigator steers and the course made good GLOSSARY course made good - the course that a boat actually travels (different from its heading) . To judge leeway, Pacific navigators study the angle between the centreline of the canoe and the wake GLOSSARY wake - the trail that a boat leaves as it moves through the water .