Close Hauled
Here the sailboat is sailing close hauled, or as close to the wind direction it can. Most boats can sail within about 45 to 50 degrees of the wind direction.
Close hauled - a point of sail where the boat is sailing as close to the wind as possible
Close reach - a point of sail where the boat is sailing towards the wind but is not close hauled ...
Close Hauled: Sailing as close to the wind as possible. (pointing) (See Point of Sail )
Close Reach: Sailing between close hauled and beam reach. (See Point of Sail )
Cringle: Metal reinforcement ring.
close hauled
Sailing with the sails hauled tight, sailing the boat towards the wind as much as possible.
close reach ...
Close Hauled
Sailing as directly into the wind as possible. Also, on-the-wind.
Coaming ...
A ship close hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a ship close hauled on the starboard tack.
Sailing close hauled. Sailing toward the wind as much as possible with the wind coming from the bow.
Open
A location that is not sheltered from the wind and seas. An open location would not make a good anchorage.
free - Not close hauled. When a vessel is sailing with a point or two to come and go upon. The wind is said to free a vessel when it enables her to check sheets so as to be no longer close hauled.
Catharpings - In square-rigged vessels, short lines at the lower end of the futtock shrouds used to bring in the shrouds tighter to give room to brace the yards at a sharper angle when sailing close hauled.
close hauled -- sails and boom pulled in tight, enabling the boat to point as high as possible to the direction the wind is coming from
clove hitch -- two half hitches
coaming -- the raised border around the cockpit, or a hatch to keep out water ...
reaching -- sailing a course that is neither close hauled or downwind
Ready about - Instruction to crew to prepare to come about
Reef - to reduce the size of a sail ...
-Sailing close hauled.
Before the Wind: Sailing with the wind from astern, in the same direction the wind is blowing,
Belay: To secure a line to, cleat, bollard, bitt, etc.
- A command to stop or cease action.
beating: sailing against the wind by tacking (close hauled, on the wind): sailing toward the wind source, or against the wind, with the sails pulled in all the way, tacking as you go, to reach a destination upwind.
If sails are close hauled a ship will more naturally point up towards the wind. To turn downwind is to wear ship and gybe the stern through the wind. If sails are kept close hauled through this process, she won't wear it.
When close hauled the ship is tacked by turning the bow of the boat 90° through the wind, which is also called coming about. The crew moves the sails from one side to the other while the skipper turns the rudder.
The fourth point of sail lies between close hauled and beam reach. This is called close reach. The boom and sails should be set about halfway between being pulled in tight for close hauled and let out halfway for a beam reach.
A third point of sail, close hauled or on the wind, makes it possible to actually sail upwind. Once more, the sail acts as an airfoil, drawing the boat forward as the centreboard compensates for some of the sideways motion.
Full and Bye Close hauled but with sails well filled.
Furl Gathering in sail and securing with gaskets to its spar.
Gaff The spar to which the head of a fore and aft sail is bent.
To maximize sail area the foot of the sail is generally parallel and very close to the deck when close hauled. Genoas are categorized by the percentage of overlap.
To sail towards the wind by making a series of tacks. -Sailing close hauled.
Beaufort wind scale ...
I took Tikitiboo-as this brand-new Athena was named-to close hauled. She tracked firmly, taking the puffs in stride while tacking at close to 40 degrees. In the dying breezes that we later encountered, she did not perform as well.
More practice reaching, running and sailing close hauled
Tacking and jibing
Man overboard drill
Docking under power
Anchoring
Basic knots
Proper securing of a sailboat
How to read a chart
Sailing story telling ...
 See also: Sailing, Boat, Sail, Point, Stern
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