Editing Point of sail (section)

==== 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>