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Keywords: Sail, Boat, Wind, Endeavours, Upwind

Related Terms: Aback, Abaft, Aloft, Backstay, Beat, Beating, Bobstay, Bowsprit, Foremast, Gybe, Heel, Jib, Jibe, Leeway, Luff, Mast, Peak, Proa, Reach, Run , Sail, Sailboat, Sailing, Sheet, Snow, Spinnaker, Square-Rigged, Tack, Trim, Wear, Yard, Yawl , In Irons, Port Tack, Starboard Tack, Stays, Tacking, Daggerboard, Close Hauled, Off The Wind, Broad Reach, Heave To, Come About, Close Reach, Reaching, Luffing, Running Backstay, Weather Helm, Whisker Pole, Beam Reach

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Rigging a ship to sail directly into the wind.

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When a boat is sailing as close to the wind as she can.

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Sailing as directly into the wind as possible.

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The optimum angle a boat sails upwind.

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sailing close to the wind with sails pulled in.

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That trim of the ship's sails, when she endeavours to make a progress in the nearest direction possible towards that point of the compass from which the wind blows.

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Sailing as close to the wind as possible.

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The point of sail with the bow of the boat as close as possible to the wind.

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