Walt wrote

What do you mean by "port gybe" ? The only way this question makes any
sense is if you are on a starboard tack going to leeward. If you're on
a port tack in this situation, you would head up, not gybe. The term
"port gybe" is meaningless to me. Can you clarify?

Well done Walt! I thought about the port / starboard gybe for long
enough before entering the first note. And then I was replying to your
note explaining what I meant - and it wasn't until that point that I
realised I had it wrong!


What I meant was: approaching the shore on your starboard side, while
on the gybe that takes you towards the shore (i.e. Starboard gybe).
You want to gybe to sail away from the shore, but as you will be
gybing ONTO port, you can not do that without calling for water / room
to avoid the obstruction etc.

Sorry!