A maneuver in which a yacht turns away from the wind.
Describes either (1) a player losing their balance at the release and they lose their balance off to the side; (2) the act of the ball coming off your hand too quickly, resulting in a very errant or weak hitting shot; (3) gutter ball as it falls off the lane.
No this does not mean jump off your board. It means to change direction so as to point farther away from where the wind is coming from.
turn away from the direction of the wind.
Also bear away or bear off. A boat falls off the wind when it points its bow farther from the eye of the wind. The opposite of heading up.
Changing the tack of a ship by turning to leeward. Usually unintentional. E.g. If a ship does not have enough weigh to carry it through the wind when coming about, it will fall off to its old tack.