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by HPsquared 1160 days ago
For wind there is leeward (downwind) and windward (upwind). I don't think there are common terms for the 2 crosswind directions though?
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I'm not familiar with sail vocabulary in English, but in Portuguese there is only downwind (sotavento) and upwind (barlavento). Functionally you don't need the other two, so I imagine it's similar in English.