[C320-list] Line management

[Scott Thompson]

Actually wearing ship IS gybing.  On old square riggers gybing was the 
safe way to turn, and tacking was dangerous.  With fore-aft rigs the 
reverse is true.  The square riggers didn't have to worry so much about 
booms flying over the deck in a gybe, but they did have to worry about 
backwinding the square sails and not making it through a tack.

esquirecatering at rcn.com wrote:
> When short or single handed I don't gybe in heavy winds, I ware (or is it wear?) ship which means a tack of 270 degrees.
> 
> Adam