How Do Sailboats Sail into the Wind? News. By Molika Ashford published 29 September 2010 When you purchase through links on our site, ... Using this "tacking" technique, ...

When that happens, sail into it for a while before tacking. The question then becomes, ... but I stuck to the basic “sail in more wind” tenant of tactics, and it paid off.

“A sailor can sail to a point that lies directly into the wind, he just can’t steer straight for it," said Isler. “He must approach it in a zigzag manner, called tacking.” ...

Normally a boat sailing upwind will sail approximately 45° into it, then “tack” 90 ° across the wind until they’re at another 45° angle from the wind, this time facing the opposite direction.

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I HELD ON TIGHT. My job was to hang onto the rope leading to the jib, holding just tight enough so the smaller sail could catch the wind. Seemed easy enough, until I started to lose sensation in ...