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Course - ANSWER✔✔Direction that the sailboat is heading
Where does the skipper sit? - ANSWER✔✔windward (upwind)
Where are the sails located? - ANSWER✔✔leeward (downwind)
turning toward the wind - ANSWER✔✔heading up
turning away from the wind - ANSWER✔✔falling off
heading up twd the wind then falling off until one is sailing again (the sails will
flap across the boat as it turns) - ANSWER✔✔tacking
falling off, pointing away from the wind, sails flip across the boat -
ANSWER✔✔Jibing
Left side of the boat when facing ahead - ANSWER✔✔port
Right side of the boat when facing ahead - ANSWER✔✔starboard
Who gets right of way? - ANSWER✔✔(1) craft that is less able to maneuver/has
obstacles
(2) the slower one
(3) if both boats on different tack, then starboard tack
(4) if both boats on same tack, then downwind one
Point of Sail: Boat headed directly into the wind - ANSWER✔✔In Irons
Point of Sail: Boat headed 45 degrees to the wind - ANSWER✔✔Close hauled
Point of Sail: upwind course between 45 and 90 degrees - ANSWER✔✔Close
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