Page 69 - Call Book for Team Racing 2017-2020

TR CALL G1

Definitions Leeward and Windward
Definitions Tack, Starboard or Port

Question 1

A boat sailing downwind on starboard tack bears away until she is sailing by the
lee, with the wind continuing to fill her mainsail. Which tack is she on?

QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3

Answer 1

Starboard tack. The definition states that 'when (a boat is) sailing by the lee or
directly downwind, her leeward side is the side on which her mainsail lies'.
Since her mainsail remains filled on her port side, the port side is her leeward
side. She is on the tack 'corresponding to her windward side', i.e. starboard tack.

Question 2

The boat now bears away further, with her boom still out over her port side,
because now her crew is holding it there while the wind is backing her mainsail.
Which tack is she now on?

Answer 2

Port tack. She is now neither running directly downwind nor sailing by the lee.
A boat is on the tack corresponding to her windward side, that is the side
towards the wind. There can be no doubt that this side is her port side and
therefore she is on port tack.

Section G - The Run