Wally wrote:
Walt wrote:

Ok. Then you should also be aware of the fact that "beating" usually
means sailing close hauled and tacking back and forth to go to a point
directly upwind. So it's entirely reasonably for someone to beat
three miles upwind and run three miles back to his starting point.

Got the idea. Would a single leg between tacks therefore be called "a beat",
or is it more like a collective term for the series of tacks?

It's usually used as a collective term for the series.

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