beam reach

Sailors use this term synonymously with the points of sail below a beam reach, since the wind direction is generally the same as the sea direction.

A beam reach, the fastest point of sail.

On some boats, the beam reach is the fastest point of sail; on others, a broad reach is faster.

This is an upwind angle between close hauled and a beam reach.

This represents a range of wind angles between beam reach and running downwind.

Racing sailboats typically set a spinnaker when sailing any point of sail from beam reach to a run.

The wind was a gusty 30 knots from the north-northwest and building, and it was a wet beam reach to the mouth of the harbor.

Caldris says to put us on a beam reach.

Figure of eight: All of the course should on a beam reach with two floating marks that have to be jibed around.

"We were sailing at speeds of up to 27 knots on a beam reach," Mouligne recalled.