0 present participle of jibe --
1 to make insulting remarks that are intended to make someone look stupid: --
She jibed constantly at the way he ran his business.
Jibing is also used commonly in races, which often use a triangular course marked with buoys; the most direct way of rounding a buoy may be to jibe.
Jibing is often necessary to change course when sailing off the wind or downwind.
The choice of which strategy to use (coming-about or jibing) depends on the conditions, sail configuration, and the craft.
Dip-pole jibing can use a pole with one mast end and one sail end.
Jibing with the asymmetric is much less complex than the symmetric, due to the lack of the spinnaker pole.
End-for-end jibing requires a pole with identical fittings at either end.
Many boats can make good downwind faster by not sailing dead downwind, but instead jibing (also spelled gybing) back and forth.
The centreboard is retracted at broad points of sail, again similarly to a sailing boat, to allow for jibing control.
