Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Tacking or coming about is a term in sailing that means the boat is changing directions by turning the bow of the vessel in relationship to the wind .
A:
Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing vessel , whose desired course is into the wind , turns its bow toward the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side to the other , allowing progress in the desired direction .