gybes

Noun

gybe (plural gybes)

1. A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
2. A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
   • The key to a good gybe is to bring the spinnaker round to the old weather side before you begin, and then to steer to keep some wind in the kite.2014, Tim Davison, “Symmetric Spinnakers”, in Skipper’s Cockpit Racing Guide: For Dinghies, Keelboats and Yachts, London: Adlard Coles Nautical, →ISBN, page 24
3. (broadly) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.

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