Meanings of beating to windward in English

You can't, without gross inconsistency, start beating to windward against it.

But now she has come about and beating to windward.

It took two or three hours to regain the lost ground, by beating to windward.

It was also found that her capacity of beating to windward, never great, was much reduced.

The vessel is never tacked, but the sail is lowered, shifted over, and again hoisted when beating to windward.

Her capacity for beating to windward was never great, and after she had been repaired her tardiness became irritating.

They remained there for some days, beating to windward, until after several storms they had to put back to Manila.

Those who have been at sea, beating to windward in half a gale of wind, will understand what the pressure was like.

If they are afraid of us sailing on a wind, they would not have much chance with us in beating to windward.

What sailors call fore-and-aft sails had already been introduced, and we hear constantly of ships beating to windward, and attempting to gain the weather-gage.

We continued beating to windward, in hopes of being joined by the Flying-fish, and I resolved to finish the survey towards the island of Semarara.