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- starboard or port tack. Generally, a boat is on a starboard tack if the wind is coming over the starboard (right) side of boat with sails on port (left) side...4 KB (486 words) - 22:37, 17 May 2024
Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing craft (sailing vessel, ice boat, or land yacht), whose next destination is into the wind...16 KB (1,905 words) - 09:45, 10 March 2024- Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) (redirect from On the beach (nautical))the port of registry. port tack When sailing with the wind coming from the port side of the vessel. Vessels on port tack must give way to those on starboard...251 KB (31,530 words) - 13:14, 13 May 2024
Jibe (category Articles to be expanded from September 2023)dangerous to person and rigging compared to tacking. Therefore, accidental jibes are to be avoided while the proper technique must be applied so as to control...16 KB (2,197 words) - 03:47, 30 March 2024
A]: Boats on a port tack shall keep clear of boats on starboard tack (Rule 10). When boats are on the same tack and overlapped, the boat to windward (the...18 KB (851 words) - 13:50, 24 April 2023
A tack piano (also known as a harpsipiano, jangle piano, and junk piano) is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which objects such as thumbtacks...2 KB (242 words) - 13:39, 8 February 2024- is "Head to Wind." A boat turns through this point on each tack. It is the point at which the boat is neither on port tack or starboard tack and is headed...3 KB (430 words) - 16:08, 17 December 2022
Sailing (section Changing tack by tacking)side to side. Tacking from the port tack (bottom) to the starboard (top) tack Beating to windward on short (P1), medium (P2), and long (P3) tacks A sailing...75 KB (9,746 words) - 01:19, 18 April 2024
four port-cities in the world to be categorised as a large-port Megacity, due to its high volumes of port traffic and large urban population. The Port of...11 KB (822 words) - 13:07, 29 May 2024
IDEC Sport (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)speed corresponding to the boat's potential from South America to the Pacific Ocean. During 12 days, the wind remains port tack, blowing constantly at...18 KB (1,747 words) - 15:04, 30 March 2024
needed] "Messabouts" is replaced in UK especially on canals by "banter" and the emphasis will be more on talk and camaraderie than actually doing anything...2 KB (278 words) - 06:29, 23 May 2024- approaching the top mark on port tack having to give way to boats rounding the top mark to port and going low on starboard tack on the reach to the wing mark. For...9 KB (1,633 words) - 07:51, 22 November 2021
Tiller (category Articles to be expanded from June 2018)were given "the wrong way round". For example, to turn a ship to port (its left side), the helmsman would be given the order "starboard helm" or "x degrees...14 KB (1,888 words) - 14:52, 25 January 2024
Tacking Point is a suburb of Port Macquarie, a city in New South Wales. Tacking Point is a popular tourist destination. It is home to Tacking Point Lighthouse...1 KB (97 words) - 21:57, 29 January 2024
speed corresponding to the boat's potential from South America to the Pacific Ocean. During 12 days, the wind remained port tack, blowing constantly at...31 KB (2,481 words) - 20:03, 14 January 2024
throughout the rest of the course. Of note, most of the race takes place on port tack, that is, the boat would have made good use of the missing starboard...16 KB (789 words) - 20:38, 22 August 2023
significant action due to the British blockade. With a calm sea and a breeze from the north-east, Zoutman manoeuvred his line onto a port tack, heading south-east...15 KB (1,373 words) - 16:31, 3 April 2024
Kiteboarding (section Compared to windsurfing)can be ridden with or without foot straps. Tack: the direction which is being sailed, normally either starboard tack or port tack. In a starboard tack the...107 KB (11,802 words) - 05:07, 8 May 2024
Fidonisi, about 100 miles south of Kinburn. Voynovich formed a line on the port tack NE and then SE as the wind veered. The Turks bore up and attacked from...6 KB (467 words) - 05:42, 14 May 2024
- good-by to his friends. The wind is blowing freshly from the southwest. "Stand on the port tack two hours longer, then tack out and you will be clear of
- All right, everybody! Come and get it! Breakfast's ready! Hot coffee, hard tack and vitamin pill! I think I'll call you Cleopatra because you're such a cool
- "A" on the port tack, must turn to avoid boat "B" on the starboard tack. When two sailboats are approaching each other and are on the same tack, the