Competent Crew Quiz · Points of sail

The yacht is pointing straight into the wind and her sails are flapping. What is she?

Seen from above. The wind blows down the picture from the top. A yacht is pointing straight up, into the wind.
Seen from above. The wind blows down the picture from the top. A yacht is pointing straight up, into the wind.
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In irons, in the no-go zone. A yacht cannot sail straight into the wind. Pointing into it, the sails flap and she stops: this is called being in irons.

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