beam reach

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. reach27

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Example Sentences

We got hands-on instruction with winches and clamps, and by the end of the course, I knew the difference between a beam reach and a close haul, referring to point of sail, the sailboat’s direction of travel relative.

From Seattle Times

“Just by listening to the ocean, it becomes quite clear that ships are dominating the landscape,” said Scott Veirs, a marine biologist with Beam Reach, who will independently study how orcas respond to the slower ship speeds during the trial.

From Washington Times

We sailed from Key West on a beam reach with an eight foot following sea and had dolphins in our bow wake the entire ride.

From New York Times

Scott Veirs of the Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School set up a test site in Washington state to see if higher frequencies had gotten louder as well and found that not only did the 1,600 ships sailing through the site emit the low rumbles, but also emitted noise at medium and high frequencies that would disturb whales like the Orca.

From Time

It was a beam reach, the fastest way to sail—across the face of the wind—and he tuned the mainsail and jib to make the curved bellies of power that meant they were using as much of the wind as possible.

From Literature