go about - To tack.
grab rail - See hand rail.
great circle route - A course that is the shortest distance between two points, following a great circle.
Go About: See come about.
Gunwale: A structural timber extending from bow to stern along the inside of the top plank; loosely speaking, the top edge of the hull of a boat. Pronounced "Gun'l".
Halyard: A line used to hoist a sail or flag.
go about - To tack.
going large - The same as sailing with the wind free.
Go About:
To turn the boat head:to:wind so as to go about on the opposite tack
Go Adrift:
To break loose from a mooring, anchor or docking.
When a sailboat tacks into the wind to bring it from one side to the other, she is said to go about.
Adrift: Floating free. A boat which can not move by its own power.
Aft: Toward the back of the boat
Alee: Away from the direction of the wind.
It becomes necessary to go about. "Helm's a-lee!" cries the man at the tiller, at the same time easing the helm down to leeward and causing the boat's head to fly up in the wind. The jib sheet is let go at the cry "Helm's a-lee! ...
But what's not clear is how to go about making it easier. I hated in-the-mast furling. I like in-the-boom furling. That's a step forward. Now what to do with headsails?
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, go about) ...
Across the wind in relation to the bow. When a sailboat tacks into the wind to bring it from one side to the other, she is said to go about.
above deck
On the deck of the boat, not aloft ...
 See also: Boat, Line, Course, Right, Wind
  
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