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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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sergiosgc
1153 days ago
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.
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