Points of Sail
Pointing directly into the wind
What is irons?
Location of the sails on an upwind
What is all the way in?
Centerboard location on an upwind
What is down?
When you pull in a line
What is trimming?
When the bow of the boat turns through the wind and the sails switch sides
What is tacking?
Pointing slightly off the direction of the wind
What is upwind?
Location of the sails on a downwind
What is all the way out?
Centerboard location on a downwind
What is up?
When you let out a line
What is easing?
When the stern of the boat turns through the wind and the sails switch sides
What is jibing?
Pointing away from the wind
What is downwind?
Location of the sails on a reach
What is half-way out?
Centerboard location on a reach
What is half-way up?
When you lean out the side of the boat to flatten it
What is hiking?
How to avoid something
What is tiller towards trouble?
Pointing perpendicular to the wind
What is a reach?
What to do with sails when the boat is flipping
What is let out?
The direction the tiller is pushed to turn the boat left
What is right?
When the boat flips on its side
What is capsizing?
Turning away from the wind
What is heading down?
How to sail in the direction of the wind
What is tacking?
What to do when sails are luffing
What is trim in?
The direction the tiller is pushed to turn the boat right
What is left?
Where you go during a tack or jibe
What is the other side?
Turning towards the wind
What is heading up?