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Scott Vernon
 
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Default Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded

Hobie made a 15?


"Donal" wrote in message
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"Nav" wrote in message
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Heeled only means tilted and would include listing. The catamaran _is_
heeled -it may even lift a hull out if heeled far enough! Live with it
-he's right (or look it up yourself in the OED).


I know that the dictionary says that it is heeled when it is sailing on

one
hull. However, I dispute the fact that a real sailor would ever use the
term "heeled" to describe the excitement that accompanies the act of

sailing
a Hobie 15 on a single hull.

"Heeled" is dull. "A hull" is exciting! They are two completely
different things - to any sailor who has actually experienced them.




Regards


Donal
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