Come About, Go About: To turn to take the wind on the other side of the boat, with the bow going through the wind.
Come up: Turn towards the wind.
Come About
To bring the ship full way around in the wind. Used in general while sailing into the wind, but also used to indicate a swing back into the enemy in combat. .
Corsair ...
come about
To tack or change heading relative to the wind.
companionway
Entryway from the deck to the belowdeck cabin area.
Come about- To bring the sail from one side of the boat to the other, when sailing into the wind, A maneuver in tacking.
Companionway- A stairway leading form deck to cabin.
come about - To tack; to change the vessel's direction, relative to the wind.
"Come no nearer" - An order to the helmsman not to bring the vessel nearer the wind.
COME ABOUT-To bring the boat from one tack to the other when sailing into the wind.
DAGGERBOARD-KEEL-Heavy, board-like surface used to provide lateral resistance to the water, raised and lowered vertically.
Come About
Significant course change. In sailing, to bring the boat from one tack to another when heading into the wind.
Compass ...
Come About
To tack. To change a boat's direction, bringing the bow through the eye of the wind.
Companionway ...
To come about, you steer the boat through the eye of the wind, that is, into and across the flow of the wind. The sail empties of wind on one side, and the boom swings gently across the boat and fills on the other side.
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Ready About - Prepare to come about.
Reef - To reduce the working area (size) of a sail by lowering it part way.
halyard A rope or wire used for hoisting sails hand A member of the crew hank To attach to a stay hanks Metal hooks or fittings sewn into the luff of a sail and used to secure the sail to a stay hard-alee A command to come about ...
ready about: instruction to crew to prepare to come about. reef: to reduce the size of a sail to shorten sail, usually by partially lowering it and tying it off with reefing lines. rig: arrangements of masts and sails ...
Ready about - prepare to come about
Reef - to reduce the size of a sail
Reefing-The operation of reducing a sail by taking in one or more of the reefs.
Ready about - prepare to come about
Reef - to reduce the size of a sail
Rhumb line - a straight line compass course between two points ...
comes over the starboard side, on port tack it comes over the port side. "The" may be used before "tack", but "a" is never used. For example a boat sails on port tack or on the port tack, but not on a port tack. 2) To tack (change tacks, come about, ...
Helms-A-Lee: Verbal notification that the tiller has been put to leeward to cause the boat to come about. (tacking).
Irons, In: Up in the wind and unable to pay off on either tack. A sailboat that loses headway [and therefore steerageway] when attempting to come about is said to be "in irons" or "in stays".
Then , carefully keeping an eye on the person in the water, quickly jibe around. If you are close to the wind, it may be faster to come about rather than jibing.
Coamings: Built up sides around the cockpit that prevent water from coming in.
Come About: To change tack when sailing windward.
Centre board: A board that retracts horizontally into a boats hull, adjusting the depth of the keel.
 See also: Line, Sailing, Deck, Lines, Course
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