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port tack
port tack, the situation of a sailing vessel with her sails trimmed for a wind which comes over her port side. Although the verb to tack postulates a vessel sailing close hauled, a vessel on any point of sailing is on the port tack if the wind comes over her port side. However, if the wind is coming from abaft the beam on the port side of a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel it is sometimes said that she is on the port gybe.
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"port tack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "port tack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-porttack.html "port tack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-porttack.html |
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port tack
port tack in sailing, to tack or sail to the left (with the wind coming from the right).
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"port tack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "port tack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-porttack.html "port tack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-porttack.html |
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