Definition
The helm calls ready about, then lee-oh or hard-a-lee, and the boat is luffed from close hauled through the eye of the wind onto the opposite close hauled course, a heading change of roughly 90 degrees for a cruising yacht. The headsail sheet is released as the sail backs and taken up smartly on the new side. Adequate speed must be carried into the turn to avoid ending in irons.
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