We all tack. We all think we are good at it. But are we really? A post on another thread got me to thinking about what makes a perfect tack. In that post Justin_NSA said his crew was bringing the new sheet in overzealously causing problems with the sheet hanging up on the spinnaker pole/whisker pole ring on the mast. I didn't want to hijack that thread but that's a good place to start. A lot of crew think a great tack is accomplished when the new sheet is quickly brought in. They tend to pull the clew too soon and drag the clew across the rig and make a slow tack. What do you think makes a tack work?