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Tacking (sailing)

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. Sailing vessels are…

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wind tack sailing craft tacking may windward side sail boat destination apparent new course one sails opposite direction roll towards

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