By the wind was close hauled.

Large on the wind was down wind.

By and Large, means "in all directions", or "in all situations".

Marc wrote in message
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Square rigger term for all sails set on the fastest point of sail.
I've also heard it as " full and by"

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:11:14 -0400, "Jeff Morris"
wrote:

One of my favorite nautically based expressions is "By and Large," as in
"By and
large, Booby doesn't know how to sail."

Who knows what it really means?