A fair wind that requires no tacking.
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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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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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HEAD TIDE
A tidal current setting in a direction approximately opposite to the heading of a vessel. One setting in such a direction as to increase the speed of a vessel is called a FAIR TIDE. One abeam is called a BEA
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CHILL FACTOR
Calculated number based on temperature and wind velocity.
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ICE RIND
A brittle shiny crust of ice formed on a quiet surface by direct freezing or from grease ice, usually in water of low salinity. Of thickness to about 5 centimeters, ice rind is easily broken by wind or swell, commonly breaking into rectangular pieces.
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HURRICANE
Wind of force 12 (64 knots and higher or 73 miles per hour and higher) on the Beaufort wind scale.
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BEAR AWAY
Turn away from the wind, often with reference to a transit.
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LUFF AND TOUCH HER
To bring the vessel so close to wind that the sails shake.
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