how sailships can sail upwind.

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I tried to google it and it left me very confused.

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They can’t sail directly into the wind. what they can do is sail diagonally somewhat toward the wind (some craft can point closer to the wind than others). they do this in one direction, quickly snap to the other direction so as not to lose momentum, and repeat.

By doing this, they can zigzag along toward the direction the wind is blowing from. It takes much longer and needs some planning

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