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	Sailing - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		A vessel is said to be on the starboard tack when sailing so that the wind is blowing from the right or starboard side, and to be on the port tack when the wind is blowing from the left or port side.
		Then as the bow moves away from the wind on the other tack, the sails fill with wind again and assume a position on the other side of the vessel.
		The other method of changing tack consists of steering the boat away from the direction of the wind, until the wind fills the sails from the other side and the boat is on the other tack.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761556583___3/Sailing.html (501 words)

	Tack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tack (sewing) (also baste or pin), quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed
		Tacking, a manoeuvre by which a sailing boat turns its bow through the wind
		Tack (sailing), the lower corner of a sail's leading edge
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tack (231 words)

	Tack (sailing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts.
		On a sloop rigged sailboat, the mainsail tack is connected to the mast and the boom at the gooseneck.
		A tack or coming about is the maneuvre by which a sailing boat or yacht turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tack_(maneuver) (461 words)

	Tack is a term that depending on its application has... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In sailing, the "tack" is the lower corner of the sail sail's leading edge.
		On a sloop sloop rigged sailboat, the mainsail mainsail tack is connected to the mast mast and the boom boom at the gooseneck gooseneck.
		"Tack" is a technical term used in the printing printing process to represent the stickiness or adherence value of an ink as it applied to paper.
	www.biodatabase.de /Tack (404 words)

	Watch Out When You
		She is still on port tack here (see the definitions), and she must keep clear of S. Rule 13 does not begin to apply yet because P has not passed head to wind.
		In the slam dunk maneuver, a boat on starboard tack (S) crosses just ahead of a port tacker (P) and then tacks as P is ducking her.
		She wants to tack as soon as possible to pin P, but she can’t change her course right in front of P. Usually the best move for S is to wait until P bears off enough so her bow is pointing behind S’s stern.
	www.sailingbreezes.com /Sailing_Breezes_Current/Articles/Aug02/dell0802.htm (1479 words)

	RACING BASICS - Beginner's Racing Manual
		If port tack is the best to be on, it may pay to start on starboard, and then tack to port as soon as you can.
		Now, it may be difficult to start on port tack if there is a large fleet of boats, and they are all on starboard coming at you, so you may want to start on starboard, with the intention of tacking soon after the start.
		One thing to remember is that starboard tack has right of way over port, but you're not allowed to maneuver your boat to keep someone from staying clear (i.e., you can't keep changing course in order to hit them, even if you have right of way), whether you're on port or starboard.
	www.uiowa.edu /~sail/skills/racing_basics/chap3.shtml (2976 words)

	Turning the Boat
		In this maneuver, the bow of the boat goes through the wind as one changes from a close-hauled point-of-sail on one tack (direction) to a close hauled point-of-sail on the other direction.
		Jibe: In this maneuver, the stern of the boat goes through the wind as one changes from a broad reach on one tack (direction) to a broad reach in the other tack (direction).
		An interesting maneuver is to turn the boat 180 degrees from a close-hauled tack to a broad reach by performing a jibe.
	www.sailingusa.info /turning_the_boat.htm (841 words)

	SAILjazz - Tips for Tacks
		The moment of truth: The boat is moving from port tack, or the wind coming over the port side of the boat, to starboard tack.
		Tacking is one of the most fundamental boat handling skills in sailing--an upwind turn through the eye of the wind.
		The crew is in new positions, the helmsman is on the high, or windward side, the jib is trim, and the boat is moving with a full head of steam.
	www.sailjazz.com /editorial/articles/3/17 (1114 words)

	Sailing and the Tech Dinghy
		After the tack, adjust your weight for good boat trim and take the sheet in the forward hand, and adjust the sail to assure it is properly trimmed for the course you have selected (so it is just on the verge of luffing).
		Unlike the tack, the sail will cross quickly to the new side without any luffing, and in a strong wind this sudden change of wind pressure from one side of the boat to the other can cause a capsize if precautions are not taken.
		Tacking is the maneuver of turning the bow of the boat through the eye of the wind so the sail swings from one side to the other and is shown by the three positions, Nos.
	www.mit.edu /activities/mit-sailing/SailingBooklet/booklet_unified.shtml (8870 words)

	Tack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the same boat, a foresail tack is clipped to the hull and forestay.
		Also, a "tack" is the maneuver where a sailboat (yacht) turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
		In small boats with low booms, the skipper typically announces, "Ready about" to prepare the crew for the tack and the swinging of the boom.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/t/ta/tack.html (138 words)

	RACING BASICS - Beginner's Racing Manual
		Also, if the tack is gradual, your boat is actually going straight into the wind for a longer time (remember, however, that the boat is slowing down through this whole process, so don't make the tack too slow).
		There is a method called roll tacking which allows you to speed the tacking process, and it helps to accelerate the boat more quickly, especially in light winds.
		This includes decisions such as tacking when a starboard boat is approaching, feeding someone bad air, or tacking back with the rest of the fleet so you don't lose them.
	www.uiowa.edu /~sail/skills/racing_basics/chap4.shtml (5792 words)

	Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Tack" (also known as saddlery) refers to equipment worn by the horse, normally when being ridden or longed for exercise.
		The tack may be made from leather or from a synthetic material, which tends to be lighter to carry and cheaper to buy.
		A bridle or hackamore that allows a rider to control the horse's head, which is made up of a bit or noseband, set into straps over the horse's head, and reins, which are attached to the bit or hackamore noseband and are held by the rider.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Horse (4900 words)

	POINTS OF SAIL
		Tacking is the process of turning the boat's bow through the wind from an angle at which the sails are full on one tack to one at which they are full on the other tack.
		Tacking has three parts: (1) turning the bow through the wind; (2) trimming the jib on the new leeward side; and (3) moving the crew to the new windward side.
		As with tacking, you will have to adjust the jib when the gybe is completed and make sure that you have a clear path for the gybe.
	www.mum.edu /exss_dept/sailing_club/sail/learn_to_sail/lesson3.html (1177 words)

	On Line Sailing School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A tack can be a course that your sailboat sails and it can also be a maneuver that results in a direction change.
		The course that we are on is either a port tack or a starboard tack.
		In this case, we are on a starboard tack and preparing to tack to a port tack.
	www.ipass.net /sailboat/lesson1.htm (3895 words)

	The State of DN Racing
		The helmsman of the port tack boat should markedly turn his head toward the starboard tack boat, signal with his hand or perhaps by nodding his head, so the starboard tack boat is assured the port tacker sees her.
		Because evasive action taken by the starboard tack boat is usually at the last possible moment, she should maneuver in a direction that will reduce the closing speeds of the two boats so if a collision does occur at least damage will be minimal.
		If the port tack boat had begun to lay off to go behind the starboard tack boat, and then the starboard tack boat had altered course so the port tack boat could not avoid her, the burden would be on the starboard tack boat.
	www.idniyra.org /articles/dnracing.htm (1462 words)

	Room to Tack - Sailing Anarchy Forums
		The OP waited to tack until they were on the layline to the finish.
		You say that there was danger of contact when you tacked, so is would seem that when you were both close hauled - and he was pinching up - you were able to change course without immediate contact.
		Prior to the other boat tacking beneath you, some helmsmen in your position would sail a slightly lower course on realising that the port boat could not cross in order to build speed and encourage the port boat to tack earlier.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=34720 (1832 words)

	Pre
		A nice tack is completed and all is business as usual on board "Sid" as the skipper concentrates hard on steering fast, the mid crew trims and eases the genoa sheet, monitors the compass and the forward crew calls puffs, waves and the angles of the other boats.
		A tack in those conditions would be a speed killer and you would risk being rolled and forced to tack again.
		The Boat on a tack with right of way is bound by rule # 16 - changing course -- she has to give the tacking boat room to keep clear and both boats are bound by rule #14 avoiding contact and causing serious damage.
	www.yachtracersonline.com /kerr_upwind.htm (1632 words)

	Guide to R-O-W Rules - Selected Definitions-Part 2
		Under 17.2 (On the Same Tack; Proper Course), a proper course for AH/W may take account of any boat except one that is AS or L and aiming to pass to leeward of her.
		Nevertheless, where a tack or gybe is required as integral to "passing" a mark, for example, then "[t]he space a boat needs" to pass the mark should certainly include the room necessary to perform any required tack or gybe.
		Note that the old IYRR concept of "tacking" (meaning from the time a boat is past head to wind until she is on a close-hauled course) is eliminated and so under the RRS "tacking" is not defined and merely means changing from one tack to another by going past head to wind.
	www.racingrules.org /guide/guide05a.htm (1988 words)

	Racing Rules and Definitions
		PORT TACK - A yacht is on a PORT TACK when the ACTUAL WIND is approaching from her left side.
		TACKING - A yacht is TACKING from the moment she is beyond head-to ACTUAL WIND until her mainsail has filled on the other side.
		A yacht may not TACK or JIBE so as to involve the probability of collision with another yacht which, owing to her position or speed, cannot keep clear.
	www.nsibyc.com /raceruledef.asp (951 words)

	Setting and Trimming the Cruising Spinnaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The cruising spinnaker does not require a spinnaker pole because the tack remains attached to the forestay no matter which tack the boat is on.
		Next, tie the tack downhaul line to the tack ring, lead it through a turning block on the deck near the bow, and run it aft to the cockpit.
		Pull in the new spinnaker sheet (the lazy sheet on the previous tack) until the sail is set correctly for the new course.
	sailingsource.com /neilpryde/newslet/19/19-trim.htm (1775 words)

	Racing Rules
		On the same tack, you are the windward boat if the other boats boom lies on the side away from you.
		Two boats on the same tack are overlapped IF a line abeam from the transom of the boat ahead cuts or falls behind the boat astern.
		18.3---A boat which tacks inside the four boat zone loses her rights to room at the mark.
	www.orgsites.com /fl/nmyc/_pgg8.php3 (472 words)

	Used Boats for Sale \| A Boat Trader Directory of Yachts and Boats
		Hard tack was another name for ship's biscuit and became a common term in the 1830s and 1840s.
		E.g.: if on the starboard tack (wind coming from the starboard), and the wind backs (anti-clockwise shift), fall off the wind (turn to port) as necessary to maintain the wind coming from the same direction with regard to the vessel.
		Jibboom -Spar forward of bowsprit to which the the tack of the jib is lashed.
	www.usedboats.com /nautical-terms-glossary.htm (11970 words)

	Sailing Back in Time on the Dove
		To tack a modern yacht with fore and aft sails attached directly to the mast, you simply turn into the wind.
		So instead, she was turned downwind in a circle, and her dozen or more lines controlling the yards continually adjusted, first square to the centerline, then hauled them in, until they were braced on the other tack.
		This maneuver, while safer for the ship and her rig, meant a lot of lost ground in making perhaps a mile's circle.
	www.bayweekly.com /year99/issue7_37/life7_37.html (1934 words)

	Catamaran VEGA Sailing School Chapter 9
		To tack, The boat is steered so that its bow points up into the wind and then away from the wind on the opposite tack.
		For those boats which have a tendancy to be in stays, it is usefull not to ease the genova (or flock) sheet until the boat turns fully to the opposite tack.
		The other method of changing tack consists of steering the boat away from the direction of the wind (bearing away), until the wind fills the sails from the other side and the boat is on the other tack.
	www.catamaranvega.com /vega/sailing/09/lesson9.html (722 words)

	Takedowns
		The tack line should be wrapped around the genoa winch to prevent the losing of that crewman's skin on his hands and the crewman below should have a ha hold of the takedown sheet.
		Lay the tack head and clew outside the hatch cover and close hatch or repack as needed.
		If the sail ends up in the water you won’t lose control of it if the tack is still nailed but if the sail is in the water with the tack eased then you’ll end up with the sail damaged.
	www.sailingsource.com /j120class/j120takedown.htm (695 words)

	Fastrack
		For students with upwind coordination problems, it may be acceptable to temporarily have the instructor trim the mainsheet, or temporarily allow the student to steer with the tiller instead of the hiking stick.
		Move the locations of the tack maneuver some distance away from the mark (1-2 boat-lengths in light to medium wind, further in strong wing) so that the mark remains approximately in the middle of the circles described by the boat.
		The student is responsible for planning the maneuvers to accomplish the reversal.
	www.well.com /user/pk/CSCfastrack.html (2861 words)

	IntroHeavyAir
		If the crew does not get unhooked from the trap before you tack, it is extremely unlikely that they will succeed after they have been hit in the face by the main and then sent repelling out off the low side into the water.
		Here you tack and steer too far and wind-up on a broad reach heading on the new tack, but the sails are sheeted tight for beating, and over you go.
		If something goes wrong in the tack, (someone slips or the jib does not uncleat) just keep the boat feathered until you are ready to complete the tack.
	www.shorenet.net /hamptonone/IntroHeavyAir.htm (4650 words)

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