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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, turns its bow toward and through the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side of the boat to the other, allowing progress in the desired direction. [1]
A jibe (US) or gybe (Britain) is a sailing maneuver whereby a sailing craft reaching downwind turns its stern through the wind, which then exerts its force from the opposite side of the vessel. It stands in contrast with tacking, whereby the sailing craft turns its bow through the wind.
Jibe – Basic sailing maneuver, where ship turns its stern through the wind; Tacking (sailing) – A sailing maneuver; Translation (physics) – Planar movement within a Euclidean space without rotation; Rotation – Movement of an object around an axis
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The maneuver of changing a 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 across the stern, it is called jibing for fore-and-aft rigged sailing craft, or wearing ship for square-rigged vessels. [2]
A sailing craft can sail on a course anywhere outside of its no-go zone. [50] If the next waypoint or destination is within the arc defined by the no-go zone from the craft's current position, then it must perform a series of tacking maneuvers to get there on a zigzag route, called beating to windward. [51]
In sailing, heaving to (to heave to and to be hove to) is a way of slowing a sailing vessel's forward progress, as well as fixing the helm and sail positions so that the vessel does not have to be steered. [1] It is commonly used for a "break"; this may be to wait for the tide before proceeding, or to wait out a strong or contrary wind.
A sailing craft is said to be sailing close-hauled when its sails are trimmed in tightly and are acting substantially like a wing, relying on lift to propel the craft forward on a course as close to the wind as the sail can provide lift. This point of sail lets the sailing craft travel upwind, diagonally to the wind direction. [4]