Tack

Prepare to tack by sheeting the mainsail in tight and sailing as close to the wind (close hauled) as possible without losing boat speed.
Alert other crew that you plan to tack. The traditional command is "Ready about!" ...

STARBOARD TACK: Wind across the starboard (right) side.
STAYSAIL: On a cutter this is the sail located between the jib and the main sail
STEM: The forward most part of the bow.
STERN: The back, or aft end of a boat.

Tack-The lower forward corner of the sail
Tackle -Any combination of ropes and blocks that give a mechanical advange ...

tack - 1 - The lower forward corner of a triangular sail 2 - The direction that a boat is sailing with respect to the wind. See also port tack and starboard tack. 3 - To change a boat's direction, bringing the bow through the eye of the wind.

tack hook
A snap used to hold the tack of the jib at the bow, while the sail is raised.
tack pin ...

tack
The lower corner of a sail. Also, each leg of a zigzag course.
tender
See dinghy.

Tack, Starboard or Port -- A boat is on the tack, starboard or port, corresponding to her windward side.
Two-Length Zone -- The area around a mark or obstruction within a distance of two hull lengths of the boat nearer to it.

Tack: A point of sailing with the wind on one side of the boat (noun); to change the side of the boat from which the winds blows by turning the bow through the wind (verb).

Tack,
Starboard
or Port
Tack, Starboard or Port
A boat is on the tack, starboard or port, corresponding to her windward side.

Tack - the front, lower corner of the sail, also course with the wind coming from the side of the boat, also to change course by turning into the wind so that the wind comes from the other side of the boat ...

tack
(1) The lower forward corner of the sail. (2) To turn a yacht through the wind so that its sails draw on the opposite side.
tender ...

Tack pin
Key type pin part of the gooseneck that holds the mainsail tack to the boom
Tackle ...

Tack: a) The process of turning the bow of the yacht through the wind and changing the sides of the sails. b) The lower corner of a sail that is attached to the yacht.

tack - The forward, bottom corner of a sail; each leg of a zigzag course, sailed windward. The side on which the wind blows on the sail, as starboard tack or port tack.

tack: on a triangular sail, the bottom forward corner. Also, to turn the boat so that the wind exerts pressure on the opposite side of the sail the front, lower corner of the sail, also course with the wind coming from the side of the boat, ...

Tack
{Amuras}
Line leading fore from the clew of a square sail or from the inboard end of the mizzen yard so as to fix the mizzen yard's position.

Port Tack: Wind across the port side.
Reaching: Sailing with the sail eased.
Reefing: Reducing the amount of sail area.

port tack
Sailing with the wind coming over the port bow.
porthole ...

Port tack- When the wind comes over the port side of a boat, and the sails are on the starboard side.
Prevailing winds- Average wind direction for season and area.
Privileged vessel- Boat that has the right of way.

Port Tack: Sailing with the wind blowing onto the port side and the mainsail on the starboard side.
Protocol: A formal document that further defines the rules for the America's Cup.

Port tack To sail with the wind on the port side.
Porthole Watertight window in the ships side or superstructure for ventilation and light.
RACON Beacon giving characteristic signal when triggered by ship's radar set.

Tack the boat but do not touch anything on your head sail, jib or genoa (I know, this is the weird part.) It is a good idea (unless you know exactly what you are doing) to make the initial tack very slowly: head into the wind until the speed has ...

TACK-The lower forward corner of a sail. Also, to sail to windward in a series of zigzags.
TILLER-A bar connected with the rudderhead and by which the rudder is moved to steer the boat.

To tack.
Gps
Global Positioning System. A system of satellites that allows one's position to be calculated with great accuracy by the use of an electronic receiver.

Tack: The lower forward corner of the sail.
Taffrail log: A propeller drawn through the water that operates an meter on the boat registering the speed and distance sailed.

Tack: The direction of the wind on sails (port tack or starboard tack)
- the forward lower corner of a sail.
Top sail: A sail mounted above another, usually above the main.
Transom: The wide area at the very back of a boat spanning between its sides.

Change tack to bring wind to the other side.
going to weather
to sail against the prevailing wind and seas ...

To take a tack different from a competitor's.
spoke
A handle on a steering wheel. The king spoke is the one that is vertical when the rudder is exactly centered under the boat.

Attach the tack of the jib and start hanking on the snaps from bottom up. If you start at the top of the sail, you would have to hold the sail up and hank on each snap underneath. This would get mighty heavy after a while.

1. Tie the tack corner first, then keep the luff cringle in such a position as to hold the luff straight when under tension.
2. Tie the luff cringle just above the boom.
3. Pull out the clew using simple rope purchase, then tie that off.

Lying-to, to tack or wear (Fig. 77), use oil from weather bow.
Cracking on, with high wind abeam and heavy sea (Fig. 78), use oil from waste-pipes, weather bow.

Vessel on port tack, allow leeway to the right.
In this connection it might be well to urge the young mariner against keeping his boat all a-shiver and bucking against a head sea, and all the while sagging off bodily to leeward.

On a Tack - A sailboat is always on one tack or the other; that is the sail is always on one side or the other.
On Board - On or in a ship.
On the Beach - Said of a seaman who has retired from sea service.

Port Tack
When the wind comes from the left to the right, it blows over the port side of the boat.
Privileged Vessel ...

A harbor or place where vessels enter and leave port hole A hole or window in the side of a boat port tack Sailing with the wind coming from the port side prevailing wind The usual wind direction for an area and season preventer A ...

A boat on a port tack must give way to one on a starboard tack.
When both boats are on the same tack (wind on the same side), the vessel to windward must give way to a leeward vessel (the one farthest from the wind).

If a ship holds a tack course too long, it has overreached its turning point and the distance it must travel to reach it's next tack point is increased.
Gone By the Board - ...

come about
To tack or change heading relative to the wind.
companionway
Entryway from the deck to the belowdeck cabin area.

Scandalize - To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed. Also used in the past as a sign of mourning.
Scow - 1.

COME ABOUT - - Significant course change in sailing to bring the bow through the wind or tack.
COMPASS ERROR - Combined effect of variation and deviation.
COURSE - Intended direction for a boat to be steered.

If heavy weather required all hands on deck, sailors would eat what they could from out of their pockets, between one hard tack and another.
Nautical Customs
It was the custom in sailing ships to record courses, distances and tacks on a log slate.

CUNNINGHAM A line device or cringle located several inches above the tack of the sail; used with a downhaul to control the tension along the luff and hence the shape of the sail. Primarily used in competition craft.

TACK - The lower fore corner of a sail.
TACKLES - The running rigging or ropes used in working the sails with their pulleys.
TAFFRAIL - The rail round a vessel's stern.

fetchTo clear a buoy, point of land or object without having to make a tack. fiberglassGlass fibers either loose or woven, reinforced with resin and used in the construction of many boats.

Tack: Forward lower corner of a sail; steering the bow of a vessel through the wind
Taffrail: Rail at the stern of a vessel
Thwart: A fixed seat or board in the hull of a dinghy
Tail: To pull on the tail of a sheet when winching ...

5 slow to tack, but this is not a high-performance dinghy anyway. To keep the bow dry the 12.5 has considerable flair to the bow sections.

Tack The forwardmost, lowest part of a triangular sail. Just remember that the tack is where the sail is tacked (attached) to the boat, usually by some sort of shackle.

" In this case the "windward side," as defined in paragraph (b) would be the port side and the vessel would be said to be on the "port tack.

There are three sailboats pictured, two on a starboard tack and one on a port tack. The port tack sailboat ( #2 ) is the give-way vessel.

Before you tack or jibe, wrap the lazy side winch one or two times to prepare for the maneuver. When it's time to tack or jibe, be aware of the tension before you uncleat it and hold tight.

The sailing rules that dictate that a sailing vessel on starboard tack (the side the wind is coming from) is the stand on vessel is as old as any other regulations.

Secure the foreward reef cringle to the boom below, and to the mast ahead, with a Reefing Tack Line.

About Ship:
The order to tack the ship
Above-Board:
Above the deck, and therefore open and visible. This gave rise to the term used to denote open and fair dealing.

Beat
To sail on a tack toward the wind.
Beating
Tacking. To sail against the wind by sailing on alternating tacks.

When a sailboat changes its tack downwind. The boom changes sides
Hard Chine
An abrupt intersection between the hull side and the hull bottom of a boat so constructed.

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".

Significant course change. In sailing, to bring the boat from one tack to another when heading into the wind.
Compass
A magnetic instrument used to measure direction.

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.

Directly above it is a three-cornered schooner sail. At the second mast aft there is a so-called Bermuda sail. With staysails it is possible to sail close-hauled to the wind, i.e. on a tack up to 30 degrees to the wind.

broad; these are navigated with a sail, and, by an ingenious system of centre boards, let down either fore or aft between the lines of the timbers, can be made to tack.

See also: Boat, Sailing, Sail, Wind, Forward