Short-tack

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To tack several times in rapid succession when sailing upwind in a narrow waterway.

    "I started short-tacking every hour down the coast, heading further offshore, as I knew I'd find better wind there."

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"I started short-tacking every hour down the coast, heading further offshore, as I knew I'd find better wind there."

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