"Wally" wrote in message
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To me, 'being on a tack' suggests being on starboard tack or port tack - a
state; while 'tacking' is changing from starboard to port tack or
vice-versa - an action (or a series of such actions, in the sense of
tacking
up a channel, say).

Correct.


BTW, Asking Oz a straight question is totally futile. He will ignore
the fact that you have stated that you are a learner so that he can have a
good sneer. His desire to look down his nose, would suggest that he has
poor self image. I suppose that this is understandable -- after all he IS
an ex-copper.


Regards


Donal
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