Name: How to sail - Points of Sail - Part 3 of 5: Reaching (sailing across the wind)
Uploaded: 2017-05-18T14:06:35.000Z
Duration: 1 min 36 s
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Basic passive voice

The next point of sailing is called a close reach. To arrive here from a close hauled

Adverbs of manner

position simply pull the tiller away from the boom for a short while, raise the centreboard

Adverbs of degree

slightly, and release the sails to find the point where they just start to flap. And then

Turning slightly away from a close reach you arrive at a beam reach point of sailing. Here

you will be sailing at 90 degrees to the wind.

A beam reach is the best point of sailing for your first sail, as the sails and the

Adjust the sails as before, and you should also raise the centreboard here so it is about

Turning slightly away from a beam reach you arrive at a broad reach point of sailing.

Here you will be sailing at 120 degrees to the wind.

And raise the centreboard so it’s about two thirds up, and let the sails out slightly