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[Shy]

So just made the receiver and antenna today. Have my first location and have slowly started sailing towards it however once I got to about 400m (or however it measures the distance) I started getting further away. Even with my sail in the right place to sail towards it. Like WTF? I figured it would have been pretty straight forward.... Turn the sail to the direction you want to go and tada! you get to your location?

[Xas]

' Sail ' without the help of the crafted ' Streamer ', is basically ' Lost '.

[niemandel]

That's hit and miss because you also need to account for the drift.

I just turn the sail hard left or hard right until the target is dead ahead then i just close up the sail and drift towards my target.

[hazardousgamingarcades]

Yes and no. Make you a streamer. With the sail alone, you will always go with the current/wind to some degree. Placing your sail directly against the wind will put you at a near stop yet you will still go toward the wind. There will be an item, or rather combination of items, that will take you where you point them, but you need to get to them first. However, until then either keep a closer watch on the horizon and receiver, or build you a bunch of paddles turn your sail against the wind and paddle yourself to the location. I don't recommend that, but it is an option.

[Shy]

I do have a streamer next to my sail to help with wind direction. I was going in the right direction then all of a sudden i'm going further away. And relying on the wind makes it a slow going process as i dont yet have access to the engines or steering wheel

[hazardousgamingarcades]

Well, that is kind of the point at first. You'll figure it out. I could always jump on and help you get it figured out better.

[Defense006]

Sometimes i had to paddle to my destinations since the sail can't always take you were you wanna go. Once i had to paddle 840 on the reciever. It was not fun but i got to my location xD

[Defektiv]

If you follow the main quest objectives in the journal you will run into new technology that can help with your problems.

[ClayburnGriffin]

I paddled. Took us about paddles but we made it eventually. The sail was pretty much useless but still pointed where it needed to be since it seemed to slow down the current's effect on us which made the paddling faster.

[apwinter]

Just viewed this discussion:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/648800?snr=1_2108_9__1601
Well I copied and pasted that page but it doesn't work, sorry. Really, now I am looking for the page again.

{Having found the page in Guides called Hidden Function of Stars, I have tested this and that nav technique is rubbish. ALL the stars rise and set just like the moon does. There is no quick and dirty way to use them as markers for Islands. When comparing their technique to the large Islands I see on my receiver there is never a match on my screen for a Large Island and some Star or other.}

Celestial Nav. Dayam that will be useful.

Okay using sails. RAFT wind always comes out of the WEST. That means you can make sail and sail North South and EAST ONLY.

East and West can be seen at sunrise/moonrise and settin. Rising in the East Setting in the WEST. Once you do that, and you have your receiver set up it becomes a thought exercise to read your screen for North, South, East and West.

The Sails do not work like real sails so you cannot "set the sails" to angle slightly into the wind and at least PARTIALLY sail in a slightly Westward Direction. This is sad as even the MAYFLOWER could sail a few points into the Wind. Too bad.

The big issue? Challenge? Has been to figure out how to get to Balboa without an engine. It can be done, and is a fun challenge.

So you can sail North or South and East. You can use your streamer to tell you which direction. The streamer does not indicate wind. It indicates your direction of drift if unaided. No matter. If your stream is pointing either to the direct left or direct right you will be going North or South. If your receiver is set up correctly on your raft the top of the scope is the front end of your raft.

With that information you can then call up Balboa on the screen. It will ALWAYS spawn to your West. However if you angle ever so slightly westward you and use your paddle to get into a position where Balboa is the EAST of the North South Line on your receiver screen. When that happens you Can then sail to Balboa, making sure you never let yourself drift off to the EAST of Balboa again.

It is a real challenge, It took hours to figure it out. Last night I did it.

In terms of paddle work. It took me two paddle to get myself on a North / South Line running to the WEST of Balboa. It took me two more paddles once I got there to get to a place where it was nifty for me to drop anchor. (That was at the little inlet)

It can be done. Balboa can be reached by sail, with the help of four paddles, maybe less.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

Originally posted by apwinter:

With that information you can then call up Balboa on the screen. It will ALWAYS spawn to your West.

I have had Balboa spawn "almost" dead south(90 degrees to starboard)a few times.
i could "sail" to within easy view of it but NOT quite all the way.
you CAN get there with sail alone and LESS than 2 paddles.

[Kerulon]

While Sigh-Phi-Guy is right,
the *normal* occurence of Balboa Island is *against* the stream/wind (that blows, as stated before, always in the same direction (part of the game mechanics))!
That's why you find the blueprints for an engine as well as a steering wheel at the Vasagatan location, so that you can comfortably cruise against the stream... ^^

As for the TO; this almost always occurs, if you use the sail and not drift 'with' the stream.
Like niemandel wrote: drift with the stream, turn on your radar for a second once in a while (saves battery charge). When a story location (or any other large island you want to visit) appears in your forward section, sail port or starboard (left/right) to get the island 'in front of you' on the radar screen, while checking (turning on) the location on the radar from time to time (again: saves battery charge),
then drift/sail (with the stream/wind) directly towards it.

Regards, Kerulon