Definition
The true wind lies roughly between 110 and 160 degrees off the bow. Sheets are well eased, a spinnaker or cruising chute is often carried, and the motion is comfortable because apparent wind speed is reduced by the boat's own progress. For most displacement yachts the broad reach gives the best downwind velocity made good, which is why sailing a series of broad reaches beats running dead before the wind.
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