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Thom Stewart
 
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Default Basic Sailing Terms for the Weak Minded

SAILS POWERED UP: All sails that are set trimmed for their maximum
effiency

Cut of their jib: The French and Spaniard sailing ships, in the days of
the square rigs, would cut their jibs rather thin to keep from being
blown off course in the stormy Bay of Biscay,