In this podcast we review VMG, or velocity made good, and essential concept that describes a boat progress to windward or to leeward. We show how to use the raceQs tool to monitor your boats VMG, and discuss the difference between VMG and VMC, or velocity made to course.
VMG, in essence, is the answer to the question introduced in an earlier podcast: should you point higher or sail faster? VMG describes the velocity vector directly upwind or directly downwind — in other words, it takes into account both the angle at which you are sailing and the speed you are going, to tell you how rapidly you are making progress towards your goal. RaceQs offers several tools to help you analyze your VMG and VMC, and thus get around the race course faster.
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