To: 1rudeboy
Tacking is when you change direction and swing the boom over with the bow into the wind.
Bear away sounds like a jibe, during which the boom swings over with the stern to the wind.
7 posted on
05/10/2013 11:27:39 AM PDT by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: dainbramaged
Jibe! That’s the word! Thank you very much.
8 posted on
05/10/2013 11:28:27 AM PDT by
1rudeboy
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