This
Week's Nautical/Sailing Terms
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Regatta
- Organized sailing competition that
pits your skills against your opponent's luck. |
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Right-of-way
- Nautical legal principle that establishes whether or not a
particular boat has the right to ram or the duty to dodge in any given
marine encounter. |
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Solo
Sailing - The only situation in which the skipper does not
immediately blame the crew for every single thing that goes wrong. |
 | Hull speed - The maximum theoretical velocity
of a given boat through the water, which is 1.5 times the square root
of its waterline length in feet, divided by the distance to port in
miles, minus the time in hours to sunset cubed. |
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