But if a big gust of wind pushes the ship too far to the left, the solution is not to figure out a way to generate an equally-sized gust of wind to push the ship back in the other direction.
More than just a frisson of fear shivered through the crew of Deuce when this hulking, 1930s-vintage iceboat found itself caught by a sudden gust of wind on a Wisconsin lake a few years ago.
Helicopters and rescue vehicles gave chase while millions held their breath because they thought a 6-year-old boy might be sailing through the skies, cold, frightened and just a gust of wind from falling.