How to Sail - Single Handed How to Tack: Part 3 of 5: Tacking Afloat

Tacking is the maneuvre needed to turn a sailboat through the wind. The term applies to all sailboats. In this video we use a laser but the same principles apply to any one person sailboat. This video will show you how to tack afloat and forms part of our longer playlist. We have broken our videos of how to sail a sailboat into small bite sized chunks to make it easy for you to understand. Search for the full playlist for the rest of the sequence. We have created these free how to sail videos for you to enjoy and learn, so tell your friends. Our payback comes from the ads so sorry about those, but we need to get a return on our time and investment. Happy sailing