A steering arrangement using wind vanes and gearing or sail trim to maintain a preselected relative course.
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BOLTROPE
A strong rope stitched to edges of a sail
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TO HAUL
To change the course of a sailing vessel to bring the wind farther forward, usually used with up, such as haul up.
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HEAD WIND
Wind from ahead of the vessel
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GRID TRACK
The direction of the track relative to grid north
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HELIOCENTRIC
Relative to the sun as a center
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FRICTION
The resisting force encountered at the common boundary between two bodies when, under the action of an external force, one body, moves or tends to move relative to the surface of the other.
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FRETTING
Wear phenomena taking place between two surfaces having oscillatory relative motion of small amplitude.
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HARMATTAN
The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Sahara Desert across the Gulf of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. Sometimes called the DOCTOR, because of its supposed healthful properties.
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GUST
1. A sudden brief increase in the speed of the wind of more transient character than a squall, and followed by a lull or slackening of the wind. 2. The violet wind or squall that accompanies a thunder- storm.
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CHILL FACTOR
Calculated number based on temperature and wind velocity.
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