Sailing

There was so much energy in the storm after it passed last night.

Not the best wind, but it was sailing none the less. Sailed about 10 miles averaging 4kts

This boat has been anchored in this spot for about a month. Every time the tide goes out the boat sits on the mud. I've been curious if this is harming the boat anyway? Seems like a weird spot to anchor long term.

I just finished building a model of a pirate ship and want the flags to be pointing the right direction. Should the flags be blowing to the bow because the wind is behind the ship, or to the stern as the ship drags the sails along?

Looking at paintings they seem to mostly be blowing to the stern, however there are some that have them blowing to the bow aswell; so I figured it'd be best to ask people who have experience.

Man I hope this takes off, I'm over reddit haha. I'm from Boston and I've been obsessed with sailing for a few years now.. Unfortunately there won't be much sailing for me this season since the boat I spend the most time on is on the hard this season. I'll probably have a bunch of dinghy sailing posts eventually though.

We use navionics for navigation and the windy.com app for wind and weather. Interested to see if there are any other good ones out there that we should be looking into. I've seen some people using the predictwind app for route planning but it's kind of expensive.