Why am I doing this? Because I asked others to.
Why gybing? Gybing is changing direction while sailing downwind. An accidental gybe can be quite dangerous as the boom, driven by the wind, swings through an arc proscribed by the mainsheet. A normal, controlled gybe is a smooth transition from one tack to another. What is the difference? The skill of the crew, the observation of the skipper, and the fickleness of the wind.
Plus, the British spelling is worth a lot of points on the Scrabble board.
I will be writing the occassional pseudo-random thought on this board. I wonder who will stumble across it, other than, of course, you and me...
And the rest of us.
