Wentworth, G. A. (George Albert), 1835-1906 · Boston, Ginn & company · leaf 305
s from the wind, the wind is said to be before thebeam. A ship is said to be close-hauled when she is as near thewind as she will lie; that is, when she is headed as near aspossible toward the point from which the wind blows. Fewships can lie closer than five points from the wind. SECTION VILEEWAY… … 316 NAVIGATION distance the ship would go in a given time if she were notallowed to move sideways, and CD the distance she would go in the same time if shewere not allowed headway. Bya principle of mechanics, theship would in the given timedescribe CA, the diagonal of theparallelogram of which CB…
Trigonometry · Surveying · Navigation
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