point a point b problem: how do you sail from point a to point b? wind
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Point A
Point B
Problem: How do you sail from point A to point B?Wind
Tack (or Changing Tacks): To change a
sailing ship’s course by steering the ship, bow
first through the wind and ending up with the
wind coming from the other side of the ship.
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
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Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Point A
Point B
Problem: How do you sail from point A to point B?Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Ready AboutHelm A leeSpanker AmidshipsEase Headsail SheetsRise Tack and Sheet on the foreRise Tack and Sheet on the mainBack the headsailsMainsail HaulSlack away the spanker sheetShift Headsail sheetsShift Staysail SheetsLet go and haulRudder AmidshipsSet the Main SailHelm Full and BySet the Fore Sail
Wind
Point A
Point B
Problem: How do you sail from point A to point B?Wind
Answer: By beating to windward.
A series of tacks allow a ship to beat to windward, thereby gaining ground eachtack.