beat
sailing against the wind by tacking (sailing a zigzag course towards the wind).
beating to windward ...
Beat- To sail in the direction from which the wind is blowing. This requires tacking.
Beaufort scale- A table of wind velocity.
Before the wind- Sailing with the wind coming from behind.
Beat: To sail to windward, also known as sailing close-hauled. (See Point of Sail )
Bilge: The area in the lower part of the hull where water collects, also the part of the hull where the bottom turns into the side, the "turn of the bilge".
Beat
To sail on a tack toward the wind.
Beating
Tacking. To sail against the wind by sailing on alternating tacks.
beat (also) beating
To sail towards the wind by making a series of tacks. -Sailing close hauled.
Beaufort wind scale ...
beat or beating - Sailing against the wind, in frequent and alternate tacks to create a zig-zag course.
Beat / Beating:
To sail towards the direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks. A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled.
BEAT-To sail to windward; tack.
BEND-To bend on sails is to attach them to the vessel, before hoisting, so they are ready for use.
BILGE-The inside of a vessel near the keel where water may collect.
beat
Sail close-hauled. A dead beat is a leg directly into the wind.
Beaufort Scale ...
Surf Beat
Periodic rise and fall in coastal water levels caused by two or more wave trains arriving at the shoreline.
Surf Zone ...
Except on a beat to windward, while a boat is less than two of her hull lengths from a leeward boat or a boat clear astern steering a course to leeward of her, she shall not sail below her proper course unless she gybes.
- Overview ...
beat: to go to windward in a sailboat by sailing alternate legs, with the wind first on one side and then on the other.
Dead Beat to Windward
Diagram No.7 illustrates a contingency frequently met with in beating to windward, when a vessel can sail nearer her intended course on one tack than another.
To keep clear of another boat bear up To steer closer to the direction of the wind, shore, or object beat To sail toward a direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks while sailing close-hauled Beaufort Scale A table ...
The other man patrols the beach to the end of his beat and returns, when he takes the look-out and his watchmate patrols in the opposite direction. A like patrol and watch is maintained in thick or stormy weather in the daytime.
BEAT To sail obliquely to windward. BEND To make fast, eg to bend a sail onto a yard. A knot used to bend one rope onto another.
Shifting from a close reach to a beat and back again, we happily negotiated the narrow, twisting channel. The only problem was that we were going too fast, speeding past our photo backdrop. No problem, hauling in the main we promptly tacked.
In the early 1950s an English couple built a hydrofoil water craft called the White Hawk that was jet powered in an attempt to beat the absolute water speed record.
This reduction of the wind speed you feel on the boat and thereby the force of the wind on the sails can lull you into forgetting the difference which becomes evident when you round a mark and start on a beat.
Try not to schedule a long beat segment on your first day. Give yourself and your crew time to unwind and take your marks on the boat and the area. Keep that long beat segment for the middle of the week.
If you both fall in the same category, then either the category itself tells you what to do (e.g., sailboats beat powerboats), or you must continue down the list.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Forward, Point, Sailing
  
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