Editing Point of sail (section)

=== Close-hauled ===

A sailing craft is said to be sailing close-hauled when its sails are trimmed in tightly and are acting ''substantially like a wing'', relying on lift to propel the craft forward on a course as close to the wind as the sail can provide lift. This point of sail lets the sailing craft travel upwind, diagonally to the wind direction.<ref name="Jobson" />  

The smaller the angle between the direction of the true wind and the course of the sailing craft, the higher the craft is said to ''point''. A craft that can point higher or sail faster upwind is said to be more ''weatherly''.<ref name="Jett">{{cite book |last=Jett |first=Stephen C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgOUDgAAQBAJ&q=WEatherly+definition+sailing&pg=PA177 |title=Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas |date=2017 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |isbn=9780817319397 |pages=528}}</ref> ''Pinching'' occurs as a craft's point of sail approaches the no-go zone and its speed falls off sharply.<ref name="Jobson" />

==== Sailing to windward ====
[[File:Course made good by tacking--square-rigged ship versus schooner.jpg|thumb|Beating upwind in a more- (blue) and less- (red) [[:wiktionary:weatherly|weatherly]] watercraft]]
In order to sail upwind, sailing craft must zig-zag across the direction of the oncoming wind, called [[Beating (sailing)|beating to windward]]. The higher that a vessel can point into the wind, the shorter its "course made good" to an upwind destination.<ref name="fastest">{{cite web |date=16 September 2020 |title=What Is The Fastest Point Of Sail? |url=https://dinghyracingtips.com/blog/what-is-the-fastest-point-of-sail/}}</ref> Beating upwind, a vessel alternates between having the wind come on the port and starboard sides (the port and starboard tack). Changing from one tack to the other, by steering through the wind direction, is called [[Tacking (sailing)|''tacking'']], or [[:wiktionary:go about|''going about'']].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kemp |first=Dixon |url=https://archive.org/details/amanualyachtand01kempgoog |title=A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing |date=1882 |publisher=H. Cox |pages=[https://archive.org/details/amanualyachtand01kempgoog/page/n115 97] |language=en |quote=fetch.}}</ref>