Usually means: Sailing with wind slightly forward.
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  1. close reach: Merriam-Webster
  2. close reach: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. close reach: Wiktionary
  4. close reach: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (close reach)

▸ noun:  (nautical) The point of sail where the wind is blowing just ahead of the beam of the vessel
▸ verb:  (nautical) To sail on a close reach

Similar:
tack, close-fights, board, bump, stretch, slam dunk, close call, reach, stern chase, lane, more...

Opposite:
run, broad reach, beam reach

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Similar:
tack, close-fights, board, bump, stretch, slam dunk, close call, reach, stern chase, lane, more...

Opposite:
run, broad reach, beam reach



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