short-tack
English
Verb
short-tack (third-person singular simple present short-tacks, present participle short-tacking, simple past and past participle short-tacked)
- (nautical) To tack several times in rapid succession when sailing upwind in a narrow waterway.
- 2010, Mike Perham: Sailing the Dream, p 143:
- I started short-tacking every hour down the coast, heading further offshore, as I knew I'd find better wind there.
- 2010, Mike Perham: Sailing the Dream, p 143: