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Wind direction and the water's current direction are important, not the compass direction.
Assume your sailboat is travelling west to east, around Cape Horn (the bottom of South America.) This means that you will be going from the Pacific Ocean, around the tip of South America, and on into to the Atlantic. The winds there at Cape Horn USUALLY come from the west, blowing to the east. So, the winds are blowing the same way that you want to go.
But, if you were in the Atlantic and wanted to go to the Pacific (travelling from the east going to the west), then the winds will be against you making your travelling more difficult. You could call it longer.
Sailboats are very responsive to wind. They are a little responsive to water flowing (currents), too. Winds are very important to sailboat travel with water currents being a little important. So, depending on the wind and current direction at your location, your travelling will be longer one way and shorter the other way. But that could be different at another location.
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