Prepare for the gybe by tightening the mainsheet to minimize the distance the boom will travel during the gybe.
Tighten the jibsheet to prevent the sail from getting out in front of the forestay.
gybe - Usually spelled jibe. To change direction when sailing in a manner such that the stern of the boat passes through the eye of the wind and the boom changes sides. Prior to jibing, theboom will be very far to the side of the boat.
gybe
Also spelled jibe. To change the course of a boat so that the boom swings over to the opposite side.
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Gybe
Same as jibe.
Gypsy
A windlass or capstan drum.
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Gybe: See Jibe.
Gooseneck: The mechanical device connecting the boom and the mast.
Halyard: A line used to hoist and hold up a sail.
Gybe
When a sailboat changes its tack downwind. The boom changes sides
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Gybe ho: Term used by the helmsman to let his crew know that he has started to turn the boat into a gybe.
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Halyards: Lines used to lower and raise sails.
Gybe:
(Jibe) Turning the boat so that the stern crosses the wind, changing direction. To change direction before the wind onto another tack with the boom coming over by the force of the wind.
Gybe -- To let a fore-and-aft sail shift from one side to the other when running before the wind. To let a vessel go so much off the wind as to bring the wind on the opposite quarter.
also gybe; to turn the boat downwind from one side of the wind to the other
jiffy reefing
A method of lowering the sail in sections so that it can be reefed quickly.
jibe, gybe
Rhymes with "tribe". "Jibe" is used in America, "gybe" in other parts of the world. To change tacks by heading off until the sails swing across the boat.
jibe -- also gybe; Changing from one tack to the other when sailing downwind.
Jiffy reefing A fast method of reefing. Lines pull down the luff and the leech of the sail, reducing its area.
GYBE: Also jibe; to turn the boat downwind from one side of the wind to the other
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HARBOUR: A safe anchorage, protected from most storms; may be natural or man-made, with breakwaters and jetties; a place for docking and loading.
Gibe: See gybe.
Gin-pole: A pole that is attached perpendicular to the mast, to be used as a lever for raising the mast. Also jin-pole.
Well, there are a few times when a controlled gybe is the more practical move. When you gybe, you only turn the boat 90°, while coming about means you swing around 270°.
lee, by the - In running nearly before the wind, when a vessel runs off her helm so much as to bring the wind on the opposite quarter to which the boom is; a very dangerous proceeding, as if there be no boom guy a sudden gybe, ...
4 (Gybing), if two boats are overlapped at the two-length zone and a proper course to the next mark includes a gybe then IN with r-o-w may not sail farther from the mark than necessary to sail a proper course.
Failure to respond frequently results in an uncontrolled gybe, when the boom (a heavy spar at the foot of the main sail) swings from one side of the boat to the other, as the vessel turns below the wind to present her opposite beam to weather.
Maximise your speed.
Sail the longer gybe first.
Avoid the lay lines and corners.
Sailing the puffs and avoid the lulls.
Sail the shifts.
Watch the current.
Keep clear air.
If boats spread out, if ahead check what following boats are doing.
Changing tacks with the wind passing astern rather than ahead of the boat; also spelled gybe jibe-ho! ...
JIBE-When running, to bring the wind on the other quarter so that the boom swings over. Also spelled gybe.
JIB SHEET-The line leading from the lower aft end of the jib to the cockpit and by which the set of the jib is controlled.
On a cutter this is the forward most sail, as opposed to staysail located between the jib and the main. jibe: also gybe; changing from one tack to the other when sailing downwind. jiffy reefing: a fast method of reefing.
When running, this could happen if there is a wind shift to the side of the boat where the main is. Sailing by the lee is discouraged because it could result in an accidental Gybe. (See Point of Sail ) ...
to vertically raise or lower the motor, thereby controlling propeller depth in the water. jet boatA boat powered by an engine with a water-pump used to create propulsion. jibTriangular sail projecting ahead of the mast. jibeSee gybe.
Ground Swells: Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoals.
Gunkholing: Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.
Gunwale: (gun'l) Top edge of the sides of an open boat. (from gun wall)
Gybe: To ...
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Boom, Running, Mast
  
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