“I have had a great time sailing and exploring with our Pudgy since 2009 [four and a half years] and have sailed about 700 miles in her to date. Over that time, I have done many activities such as making charts etc… one of these was making a speed table for the pudgy… I took the true wind direction and speed when not moving before taking each set of data (course and speed), to make sure that the data is as accurate as possible. This is how I was able to get the heading and speed information relative to the speed and direction of the wind…To make the chart, I used a kestrel handheld anemometer, a Garmin GPS, and the pudgy’s own compass. By the way, I did well head to head against a 10′ walker bay a few months ago ;-)” Will P. (age 17), shown in slideshow above. Will clocked 4.7 knots with a reefed sail in 25 knot winds! Pretty good for a 7′ 8″ dinghy.