Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing craft (sailing vessel, ice boat, or land yacht), whose next destination is into the wind...

sailing craft's course from one tack to the other during which the wind direction is brought across the bow is called tacking; with the wind direction brought...

through, the direction of the wind. This operation is known as tacking or coming about. Tacking more than 180° to avoid a jibe is sometimes referred to as...

Look up tacking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tacking may refer to: Tacking (sailing) or coming about, a sailing maneuver Tacking (law), a legal...

and stabilizers. Jibe – Basic sailing maneuver, where ship turns its stern through the wind Tacking (sailing) – A sailing maneuver Translation (physics) –...

weld Upholstery tack or furniture tack, a type of short nail more robust and resistant than the drawing pin. A tack as a part of the tacking maneuver; in...

side. Tacking from the port tack (bottom) to the starboard (top) tack Beating to windward on short (P1), medium (P2), and long (P3) tacks A sailing craft...

stages of the Tour de France. Headwind and tailwind Air navigation E6B Tacking (sailing) Crosswind stabilization "Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance". Pilot's...

Sailing vessels Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured...

starboard tack). Changing from one tack to the other, by steering through the wind direction, is called tacking, or going about. A craft sailing with the...

the same tack and not overlapped, the boat that is astern shall keep clear of the boat ahead. (Rule 12). When a boat is tacking (changing tack) it shall...

side is usually necessary. This is called "tacking." The points of sail clarify the realities of sailing into the wind. One of the points of sail is...

allowed sailing faster than the wind and downwind tacking. High-performance watercraft that can exceed the speed of the true wind include sailing catamarans...

destination, sailing vessels may have to change course and allow the wind to come from the opposite side in a procedure, called tacking, when the wind...

In sailing, a cunningham or cunningham's eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail. It is named after...

The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing...

the mast. Bond, Bob (11 August 1992). The Handbook of Sailing: A Complete Guide to All Sailing Techniques and Procedures for the Beginner and the Experienced...

the mast by a tack. Another way of tacking with a lateen sail is to loosen the braces, lift the yard vertical, detach the sheet and tack, and turn the...

The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes...

across with the weather sheet or by tacking without releasing the sheet. It is used to heave to or to assist with tacking. See also back and fill. abaft Toward...

the J/Boats J/105. The concept has spread rapidly through the sailing world. The tack of the sail may be attached at the bow like a genoa but is frequently...

as a storm tactic. A sailing vessel that is hove to is still, for the purposes of the collision regulations, on a defined tack. Therefore, unless other...

whether you are on port or starboard tack. Lubber lines also help you to see windshifts when racing. If you are sailing close-hauled with good trim and you...

tacking, overcoming the lumbering square sails' tendency to prevent bearing up to windward, especially in light winds. Where a ship attempts to tack but...

intrinsically unstable when tacking leeward. To deal with this, Austronesians in these regions developed the shunting technique in sailing, in conjunction with...

unused portion to a spar or a stay, as the primary measure to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong winds. Restoring full sail area is termed...

accompanied by a sprit topmast, which serves to assist the spritsail while tacking. The bowsprit may also be used to hold up the figurehead. "Bowsprit". Dictionary...

distance a square-rigger had to travel before it could fill its sails again, tacking would only be done in a dire emergency; where speed of manoeuvre outweighed...

A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports...

Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing"...