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For everyone who'd rather be sailing... 💨 ⛵ A new study by NYU and University of Michigan mathematicians explores the science behind tacking, a common sailing move used to sail a boat against the wind, changing direction in a zig-zag fashion. In successful tacking, the sail flips around to adopt its mirror-image shape. It's one of the most difficult but necessary sailing maneuvers. Christiana Mavroyiakoumou, an instructor at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the lead author o