
You will win the Swift Sail for about 200-300 Rupees. Mash the button to place another 10% increased bid around the 10 second mark. if the current bid is 110, add 10%, or 11 rupees for a bid of 121) at the 30 second mark, then wait for someone to get un-stunned. A good technique is to place a 10% higher bid (e.g. To win the auction you can use a clever trick: Place a bid 10% higher than the current bid to freeze your opponents for 15 seconds. It appears at random along with a Heart Piece and a few other items. In the Auction House, you may have to quit out and re-enter a few times to get the Swift Sail to appear. He's dressed in disco frills - show him the Wind Waker and he'll teach you the song. Don't have the Song of Passing? No problem, you can learn it from the man in Windfall on the top of the northwestern hill.

Head back to Windfall and enter the Auction House on the right side of the main stairway leading up into the city - the Auctions only take place at night, so you'll need to change the time of day by playing the Song of Passing.

It only becomes available after you complete the first dungeon, Dragon Roost Cavern. The Swift Sail can be won at the Auction House for around 300 Rupees. In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, a much faster Sail that automatically directs the wind (so you don't need to conduct it, ever) called the Swift Sail.
