In Part 1 we said that you can only sail approx. 45 degrees off the wind and that you can not sail directly into the wind. But, when you sail downwind... you can now sail in any direction when sailing away from the wind.
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A boat can't sail directly into the wind... in order to sail you must fall-off (point the bow away from) the wind about 45 degrees to a close hauled position. Falling-off even more approx. 70 degrees is a Close Reach and sailing at 90 degrees or across the wind is a Beam Reach.
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