Leeway

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Leeway has been mentioned in one podcast episode on YouTube Channel UCNFpdzMKNcVkP3kn1x1lXMw (Nov 2025).

Leeway is the amount of drift motion to leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the object’s forward motion. The National Search and Rescue Supplement to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual defines leeway as "the movement of a search object through water caused by winds blowing against exposed surfaces". However, the resultant total motion of an object is made up of the leeway drift and the mo