Tacking action?

[fredmiracle]

learning more and more on the subject especially on this very forum, I have been a little bit haunted by the historical thruth, that tacking was no easy manouver.

my feeling exactly

I wonder, if it wouldn't be more accurate to always select a broken mast card that steers away from the wind. My little sailing experience suggests, that when you loose momentum and do not make it across the wind, you use staysails to turn the bow away and start gaining speed for another attempt, and the ships hull drifts away as well. On the other hand, a failed attempt wouldn't accidentally allow a tack to go through anyway, if you select a random card that follows the desired turn direction.

good point, that seems like an improvement for sure