Illustration from NEPTUNIASails - What are the "points of sailing" ?- Close hauled: generally at 45 degrees on one side or the other of the direction from where the wind is coming. - Beam reach: the ship is navigating perpendicular to the direction of the wind.- Run: the ship navigates before the wind.- Close reach: between close hauled and beam reach. - Broad reach: between run and beam reach. Copyright © 2010 Hubert Sicard