Definition
The water track is the course steered corrected for leeway, representing the vessel's actual motion relative to the water mass. It is the first leg drawn in an EP construction, its length set by the distance logged, and it carries a single arrowhead. Under sail on a beat this may lie 5 to 10 degrees downwind of the heading. Adding the tidal stream vector to the end of the water track produces the ground track.
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