sail close to the wind

They had quite a reputation for sailing close to the wind.

It would then be necessary to sail close to the wind!

Nor was he unique in sailing close to the wind.

The next event was just as successful, although it sailed closer to the wind.

He'd been sailing close to the wind for years and everything was just about to blow up in his face.'

They try to find some unique selling difference, and that can make you sail close to the wind."

The ship was considered slow and ill-equipped for sailing close to the wind.

With his own property, it was perhaps easier too for a baron to take risks or sail close to the wind.

"They don't like sailing close to the wind in a chop.

I would hate to be called into account for all the times I had sailed close to the wind.

Both sides will sail close to the wind.

What we wanted to know was the way in which the News Corporation publisher sailed close to the wind.

The sled heeled over at an angle like a boat sailing close to the wind.

This innovation was used to stiffen and hold the edge of the sail when sailing close to the wind.

'You really do like to sail close to the wind, don't you?

When sailing close to the wind, all that is needed is to ease the halyard.

But I also want to sail close to the wind, and for that we must have bigger fore-and-afts.

Just two months ago, it seemed that New York City would have to start sailing closer to the wind.

Sailing closer to the wind also gives a skipper more options to choose angles and to control the opposition.

Sailing close to the wind (beating), the greatest force is sideways with only a small amount of forward force.

With lateen rigging one could sail closer to the wind.

When sailing close to the wind the force generated by the sail acts at 90 to the sail.

"They are sailing close to the wind," Mr. Bell said.

The banks are already have weakened capital and are carrying a lot of loans that sail close to the wind.

A sailboat's ability to sail close to the wind is referred to as its "pointing" ability.