CLOSE TO THE WIND • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Close to the wind

... at seven o'clock, and steered N. N. E., close to the wind; at ten, reefs came in sight, extending from W. by N., to N. by E. 1/2 E., which we weathered one mile, having 35 fathoms water. Our situation at noon was in latitude 20 deg. 45' 40", from observations to the north and south, and the ...

— A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2 • Matthew Flinders

... jib beside a good-sized mainsail, and had a comfortable little cabin with a tiny stove and two berths and plenty of lockers. Two young men had just spent their vacation in her, coasting eastward, and one of them told Mr. Leicester that she was the quickest and steadiest boat he ever saw, sailing close to the wind and answering her rudder capitally. They had lived on board altogether and made themselves very comfortable indeed. There was a light little flat-bottomed boat for tender, and the white cat-boat itself had been ...

— Betty Leicester - A Story For Girls • Sarah Orne Jewett