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Points of sail describes a sailing boat's course in relation to the wind direction.
There is a distinction between the port tack and the starboard tack. If the wind is coming from anywhere on the port side, the boat is on port tack. Likewise if the wind is coming from the starboard side, the boat is on starboard tack. Except when head to wind, a boat will be on either port or starboard tack while on any point of sail. For purposes of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea and the Racing Rules of Sailing, the wind is assumed to be coming from the side opposite that which the boom is carried.
Sailboats cannot sail directly into the wind, nor on a course that is too close to the direction from which the wind is blowing. The range of directions into which a boat cannot sail is called the no-go zone. Its width depends on the design of the boat, its rig, and its sails, as well as on the wind strength and the sea state. Depending on the boat and the conditions, the no-go zone may be from 30 to 50 degrees either side of the wind, a 60 to 100 degree area centered on the wind direction.
Here in this place
With humbleness and brokenness
We seek all You are
We seek You
And it's for You
It's all for You
We're leaping over walls to get to You
Would You pull us along
Pull us home
We are
We are reaching
We are reaching out
(And we're calling for You, Lord)
We're caught up in this hunger
Searching for Your heart
(And we're calling for You, Lord)
Here on this earth
We lift our eyes to the stars
We seek all You are
We seek You
And it's for You
It's all for you
We're breaking off our chains to run to You
Would you fill our hearts
Oh, fill our songs
Leaving the lights on, the lights on
We wait for you
This won't be the last song, the last song
We sing to you
We are
We are reaching
We are reaching out