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The angle between a sailboat's directions and the true wind is referred
to as points of sailing. The points of sailing are divided into three
main categories: running, reaching and sailing upwind.
Running - sailing with the wind blowing
from behind. The true angle of wind matches the heading of the boat.
Reaching - is sailing with the wind
blowing across the boat. On a broad reach the wind blows at an angle of
45 degrees over the transom.
Upwind - is sailing towards the wind.
The goal is to point the boat as high as possible towards the wind, at
approximately 30 degrees away from true wind .
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