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starboard tack
starboard tack, the situation of a sailing vessel with her sails trimmed for a wind which comes over her starboard side. Although the verb ‘to tack’ postulates a vessel sailing close hauled, a vessel on any point of sailing is on the starboard tack if the wind comes over her starboard side. However, if the wind is coming from abaft the beam on the starboard side of a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel it is sometimes said that she is on the starboard gybe.
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"starboard tack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "starboard tack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-starboardtack.html "starboard tack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-starboardtack.html |
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starboard tack
starboard tack in sailing, to tack or sail to the right (with the wind coming from the left).
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"starboard tack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "starboard tack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-starboardtack.html "starboard tack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-starboardtack.html |
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