sailing upwind

Related

tackingAngled sailing maneuver
beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
close-hauledSailing near wind's eye
windwardFacing the wind
heelingLeaning to one side

luffing · pinching · sheets · trim · bow · spray · hull · keel · rigging · pointing · feathering · jibing · halyard · mainsail · jib · telltales · leeway · heading

Opposites

wind direction relative to course

sailing upwindrunning

Swift foot travel

dead run · reaching · quartering

difficulty of progress

sailing upwindcoasting

Moving without active effort

gliding · smooth sailing · drifting · going with the flow

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