Theory of H.H. & A. Wolf 1968 (Schematic)
From H.H. and A. Wolf, Der Weg des Odysseus (Tübingen 1968) p.30.

This is the most plausible theory in my judgment. The authors' schema lays out the 12 stages in Odysseus' journey and their direction as determined by explicit statements in the text of the Odyssey. Also, inferences are made about just how fast and how far a ship like Odysseus' could have travelled under oar-power alone (ca. 1.5 knots, 36 nautical miles in a day [assuming shifts of rowers]), and with tailwinds of varying intensities (e.g., ouros plêsistos = 3-4 knots; apêmôn ouros or ligys ouros (at times qualified by such adverbs as karpalimôs, “briskly,” or mal' ôka, “rather quickly”) = 5-6 knots. (See pp. 70-71 of their book.)

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Circe Laestrygonians from Troy Homeland [i.e., Greece] Cape Maleia [notorious for storms and rough water. Odysseus is driven off course here.] Island of Cythera Lotus Eaters Cyclops Aeolus Ithaca Cattle of the Sun Calypso Phaeacians Tiresias & the Realm of the Dead [Hades] [High] waves, current and a wind out of the North Shipwreck East Wind (Greek "Euros") West Wind (Greek "Zephyros") South Wind (Greek "Notos") North Wind (Greek "Boreês") An island so far unknown An already known island A mainland location so far unknown A mainland location already known Schema: The twelve stages of Odysseus' journey and their directions on a compass DIRECTIONS ROUTES known explicitly from [the text of] Homer Known indirectly from [the text of] Homer Deduced from information found in [the text of] Homer Intended by Odysseus, but not completed Straits [between Scylla & Charybdis] According to the [so called] original text (Schadewaldt "A"). [The reference here is to the German scholar Schadewaldt's theory of what the original text was, based on a textual problem. If you're interested in this, email me and I'll explain it to you.] According to the traditional text. Change in wind [direction]. [Within sight of Ithaca, this wind change blows Odysseus' ship back to Aeolus' island.]