This article is about the sailing maneuver. The term has other jibe.

A jibe (also spelled gybe) is when a sailing boat (yacht) turns its stern through the wind, such that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the boat to the other. The term wearing ship is used in tall ships for jibing.

Use of jibing

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Jibing is a less common technique than tacking, as a sailboat can sail straight downwind, whereas they generally cannot sail straight into the wind (only indirect systems, such as those using a windmill geared to a propellor, are able to sail stright into the wind). However, many sailboats are significantly faster sailing on a broad reach than sailing straight downwind, so the increased speed of a zig-zag course of alternating broad reaches can make up for the extra distance it takes over a stright downwind course. Jibing is also used commonly in races, which often use a triangular course marked with buoys; the most direct way of rounding a buoy may be a jibe. A jibe can generally be completed more quickly than a tack because the boat never turns into the wind, where the sails provide no forward force, and thus a jibing boat is always powered where a tacking boat must drift as the bow crosses the wind.

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Report: Manchester City Outraged By Referee Clattenburg's Half-Time Craig Bellamy Jibe http://bit.ly/6B95eu
we_are_football (we-are-football) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:51:58 -0000
Report: Manchester City Outraged By Referee Clattenburg's Half-Time Craig Bellamy Jibe http://bit.ly/6B95eu
Tesco apologises over 'ginger jibe' Christmas card http://tinyurl.com/y9nc95n
JRBtrip (Jon Brassey) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:10:00 -0000
Tesco apologises over 'ginger jibe' Christmas card http://tinyurl.com/y9nc95n
RT @DavidJamesWest Tesco apologises ovr 'ginger jibe' Xmas card http://j.mp/7fBwyy Haha, Gingers For Justice!!!
mmdrew (Matt Drew) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:00:13 -0000
RT @DavidJamesWest Tesco apologises ovr 'ginger jibe' Xmas card http://j.mp/7fBwyy Haha, Gingers For Justice!!!
Tesco apologises over 'ginger jibe' Christmas card http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8411894.stm
DavidJamesWest (David James West ) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:49:35 -0000
Tesco apologises over 'ginger jibe' Christmas card http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8411894.stm
@mickhire I couldn't let the Kiwi jibe slide. I have a V-Strom 650 but manage a bike workshop, so anything I want. I'm AuStig on ADV-Rider.
BLKNT (Black Knight) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:46:54 -0000
@mickhire I couldn't let the Kiwi jibe slide. I have a V-Strom 650 but manage a bike workshop, so anything I want. I'm AuStig on ADV-Rider.
@samanthamaiden my husband accuses me of being a poison pen so I am sorry for the jibe UR tweets are mostly interesting just this 1 got 2 me
KerryPintado (KerryPintado) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:44:44 -0000
@samanthamaiden my husband accuses me of being a poison pen so I am sorry for the jibe UR tweets are mostly interesting just this 1 got 2 me

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