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Wind-over-tide
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Sea conditions with a tidal current and a wind in opposite directions, leading to short, heavy seas.
Going about
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Changing from one tack to another by going through the wind (see also gybe).
Jury rig
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Both the act of rigging a temporary mast and sails and the name of the resulting rig. A jury rig would be built at sea when the original rig was damaged, then it would be used to sail to a harbour or ...
By and large
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By means into the wind, while large means with the wind. "By and large" is used to indicate all possible situations "the ship handles well both by and large".
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