In Privateers Bounty, while running the Battle of the Smyrna Convoy scenario, I have started to tack, rather than wear. I am finding that while ships are stuck into the wind for a time, they will turn past.
I was reading in John Harland's book, Seamanship in the Age of Sail, and looking at the pros and cons of wearing and tacking. The main reason to tack, is that you do not lose distance downwind the way you do if you wear. In tacking, you are always "gaining to windward", if you have enough headway. If not, you can get in trouble, and "get caught in stays".
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