** I originally tried to explain when "board sheet the headsels" would be used, but it turned into a lengthy tangent on sailing mechanics. If you're interested, here's what it said:
Now let's say our devilish opponents such as i_id on the brig Lady Washington are pulling some saucy manoeuvre and our "Captain Redbeard" decides our response needs to be to "wear ship," wherein instead of turning the bow of the vessel through the eye of the wind we turn away from the eye of the wind and turn all the way around bringing the stern of the ship through the eye of the wind. Instead of turning 60 degrees to the new position it's turning 300 degrees to reach that position, if you follow. As we're turning the bow away from the wind we want to increase the wind pressure against the sails to push the bow around as fast as possible, so the crewmembers up front "board sheet" the headsels, which consists of pulling the lines (sheets) to stretch out the headsels as much as possible.
Now let's say our devilish opponents such as i_id on the brig Lady Washington are pulling some saucy manoeuvre and our "Captain Redbeard" decides our response needs to be to "wear ship," wherein instead of turning the bow of the vessel through the eye of the wind we turn away from the eye of the wind and turn all the way around bringing the stern of the ship through the eye of the wind. Instead of turning 60 degrees to the new position it's turning 300 degrees to reach that position, if you follow.
As we're turning the bow away from the wind we want to increase the wind pressure against the sails to push the bow around as fast as possible, so the crewmembers up front "board sheet" the headsels, which consists of pulling the lines (sheets) to stretch out the headsels as much as possible.
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