shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
The action of bringing the wind round from one quarter of the boat to the other. The sails must be transferred so their clews move across from one side to the other. The mainsail must be gybed carefully, as if its boom is allowed to crash across unchecked it may cause damage or injury. Gybing a spinnaker means transferring the spinnaker pole across to the other side and, without changing the sail, making its clew the tack and tack the new clew.
(or JIBE). Bring the sails from one side to the other as course is altered to bring the wind from one quarter to the other, when the wind is astern. In strong winds a difficult and dangerous manoeuvre with too much sail set.
An act of changing a sailboat's direction with respect to the wind which causes a sudden swing of the mainsail from one side to the other. The sailboat is headed downwind for this maneuver and the mainsail is usually hauled in to prevent damage or injury.
where the boat is turned in an arc bringing the wind from one side to the other across the stern
To shift the mainsail from one side to the other when sailing with the wind behind; also "jibe".
also jibe; to turn the boat downwind from one side of the wind to the other
usually spelled jibe. To change direction while running down wind. (See tack and point of sail)
A common way to get unruly guests off your boat.
To turn the back (stern) of a boat through the wind (alt. spelling: jibe)
To alter the direction of a boat downwind so that the wind comes form the other side of the boat.