off the wind - Sailing with the wind coming from the stern or quarter of the boat.
offshore - Away from land, toward the water. See inland.
on the bow - To the bow of the boat, forward of the beam.
Off the Wind: Sailing away from the wind, also downwind, reaching or running.
Peeling: Changing from one spinnaker to another.
Pitch-poling: Putting the bow into a wave and cart-wheeling forward.
Off the Wind: Sailing with the wind coming from the stern or quarter of the boat.
On the Wind: Sailing close hauled. Sailing toward the wind as much as possible with the wind coming from the bow.
Cracking off the wind, we pushed 6 knots on a moderate reach. Win Cooper, our photographer's father, was impressed with visibility through the dodger. An active racer, Win liked the feel of the boat.
To be fast off the wind requires you to develop a "feel" for the yacht and what makes it go. A lot of off the wind sailing cannot be taught by a coach it requires you to go out and find out for yourself.
Now, going off the wind is what the cats are all about. Do not necessarily try to go dead downwind, but if you do, you probably want to be under jib or genoa only.
If you want to sail in a direction 90° from the wind, you would haul the sail in until it's at about a 45° angle to the centreline and point the bow perpendicular to the wind. That's known as sailing off the wind or reaching.
A boat falls off the wind when it points its bow further from the eye of the wind. The opposite of heading up. Beaufort wind scale Used to gauge wind speed using observations of the winds effects on trees and other objects.
A line used to steady the boom with sailing off the wind (leeward); 2. A device, usually with mechanical advantage, used to pull the boom down, flattening the sail. variation 1.
French and Spanish ships which frequented this water, had their foresails cut thin, so that they should not be blown off the wind when pointing.
A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90°-180° off the bow.
In many situations, the mainsail is trimmed farther off the wind by letting the sheet out, allowing the boom and sail to swing farther to leeward. The force of the wind on the sail also causes the boom to rise, however, making the mainsail less flat.
off - The opposite to near (which see), as "Off the wind." "Nothing off" is an order given to a helmsman to steer nothing to leeward of a particular course, or to sail nothing off the wind, but to keep the vessel full and bye. See also "No Nearer.
Also bear away or bear off. A boat falls off the wind when it points its bow further from the eye of the wind. The opposite of heading up.
fastening
An item such as a nail, screw, rivet or other device used to fasten objects together.
A square-rigger, because the sails cannot be trimmed to form so sharp an angle to the breeze as a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, rarely sails closer than six points off the wind.
Full and By: Sailing close to the wind, but far enough off the wind to keep the sail full and pulling well (full); sailing by the wind is to steer to keep the sail full as the wind shifts, rather than following a straight course.
To sail on the wind is to sail close-hauled, off the wind is to be on a reach or run.
A wind shift (slant) is a change in the wind's direction. See shift.
Becalm:
The act of blanketing a ship by cutting off the wind, either by the proximity of the shore or by another ship. A ship motionless by the absence of wind is said to be becalmed.
Whisker pole
A spar used to help hold the jib out when sailing off the wind.
Winch
A device used to give a mechanical advantage when hauling on the lines.
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Hull, Wind, Sail
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