In his boat, as in physics, he sailed close to the wind,” Clark commented.

Close-hauled, the wind got up to 25 knots and the sea became seriously rough.

The wind blew stronger (around 19-20 knots) and was quite cold.

We're making headway close on the wind with a 14 knot breeze on very comfortable seas.

We sailed close to the wind for 3 days – quite a rough crossing for certain people.

But if they had followed the initial northern route, the boat would have been held up close-hauled.

On 6 April, veering close to 59° South, Geronimo waited for the right moment to round the Horn.

Competitors had to sail astern of Aquilon, who started from the F buoy on close-hauled.

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A swordfish on the menu Our second day at sea was still passed to the close hauled or knitting to find wind.

Then, if the wind allows (beware, this may mean a nice passage close-hauled), go and have a look at Petite-Terre.