🔍 Key Concepts

• Hurricane winds circulate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere • Concept of the dangerous semicircle vs navigable semicircle of a hurricane • Using the relative wind direction to move away from the storm’s center when you have sea room

💭 Think About

• Picture yourself in the Northern Hemisphere looking down on the hurricane from above. Which way does the wind flow around the eye, and what does that mean for where you want the wind relative to your bow or quarter? • If you are in (or near) the direct path, do you want your maneuver to carry you across the hurricane’s path into the more dangerous side, or away from that path toward the safer side? • Think about how placing the wind on a particular bow or quarter will change your track relative to the storm’s probable track.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which side of the hurricane’s track in the Northern Hemisphere is called the dangerous semicircle and which is the navigable semicircle • Check which relative wind position (bow vs quarter, port vs starboard) tends to move you away from the storm’s path when you are ahead of the storm with good sea room • Make sure the option you choose would reduce the risk of encountering the strongest winds and seas, not increase it