In
sailing,
hiking (stacking or stacking out in New Zealand) is the action of moving the crew's body weight as far to windward (upwind) as possible, in order to decrease the extent the boat heels (leans away from the wind). By moving the crew's weight to windward, the
moment of that force around the boat's center of buoyancy is increased. This opposes the
heeling moment of the wind pushing sideways against the boat's
sails. It is usually done by leaning over the edge of the boat as it heels. Some boats are fitted with equipment such as
hiking straps (or toe straps) and
trapezes to make hiking more effective.