A method for use in steering an object point, the object point being a point on an object towed by a towing device, the object being provided with a bird, the method comprising a first set of steps of: determining a first target position from a set of target positions (1, 2, 4); determining a position of the object point; determining speed and acceleration vectors of the object point; determining a distance vector between the object point and the first target position; calculating the time taken before the object point is at the first target position; calculating an acceleration of the object point in at least the lateral direction or in the vertical direction necessary for the object point to pass through the first target position at the calculated time; transferring the calculated acceleration value to a steering system for the bird to steer the object point toward the first target position; wherein the method further comprises, at a later point in time and before the first target position is passed by the object point, a second set of steps of: determining a second target position from a set of target positions (1, 2, 4), the second target position located beyond the first target position; determining a position of the object point; determining velocity and acceleration vectors of the object point; determining a distance vector between the position of the object point and the second target position; calculating the time taken before the object point is at the second target position; calculating an acceleration of the object point in at least the lateral direction or the vertical direction necessary for the object point to pass through the second target position at the calculated time; and transferring the calculated acceleration value to the steering system for the bird to steer the object point toward the second target position. determining a first target position from a set of target positions (1, 2, 4); determining a position of the object point; determining speed and acceleration vectors of the object point; determining a distance vector between the object point and the first target position; calculating the time taken before the object point is at the first target position; calculating an acceleration of the object point in at least the lateral direction or in the vertical direction necessary for the object point to pass through the first target position at the calculated time; transferring the calculated acceleration value to a steering system for the bird to steer the object point toward the first target position; wherein the method further comprises, at a later point in time and before the first target position is passed by the object point, a second set of steps of: determining a second target position from a set of target positions (1, 2, 4), the second target position located beyond the first target position; determining a position of the object point; determining velocity and acceleration vectors of the object point; determining a distance vector between the position of the object point and the second target position; calculating the time taken before the object point is at the second target position; calculating an acceleration of the object point in at least the lateral direction or the vertical direction necessary for the object point to pass through the second target position at the calculated time; and transferring the calculated acceleration value to the steering system for the bird to steer the object point toward the second target position. determining a second target position from a set of target positions (1, 2, 4), the second target position located beyond the first target position; determining a position of the object point; determining velocity and acceleration vectors of the object point; determining a distance vector between the position of the object point and the second target position; calculating the time taken before the object point is at the second target position; calculating an acceleration of the object point in at least the lateral direction or the vertical direction necessary for the object point to pass through the second target position at the calculated time; and transferring the calculated acceleration value to the steering system for the bird to steer the object point toward the second target position.