You are on a board with a sail. The yellow arrow on the compass is the wind. A sail can never drive you straight into it (the shaded no-go wedge) — sail across it.

1. Trim the sail — keep the sheet slider on the green tick (or turn on the Autopilot). Flapping = no power, over-pulled = stall.
2. Steer with the mast — rake forward ◀ turns you downwind, rake back ▶ turns you upwind. No rudder!
3. Balance the pull — the harder the sail pulls, the more you must lean windward. Keep the ◆ inside the yellow band or you swim.
4. Chase the plane — enough speed and power and the board pops on top of the water. Then: feet in the straps (3), daggerboard up (D), hang on.

Try to reach the ■ orange buoy upwind (you'll need to tack), then blast back to the ■ yellow one.

💡 New here? Keep the Autopilot on — it trims the sail and holds your balance for you, so you won't fall while you learn (switch it off to practise for real). Or tap ▶ DEMO to sit back and watch the board sail a whole lesson by itself.