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Luff
- The luff is simply the foremost edge of a sail (i.e. that which is next to the sat or mast).
Broad Reach
- Travelling by sail whereby the winds are gently aft of beam.
Bail
- The act of removing water (often manually via pump or potentially even bucket!) from the floor of your vessel. Prevalent in some more susceptible vessels are auto-bilge or self-bailing technology which can be either manually or automatically triggered to drain excess water from the vessel.
Wear
- To wear is to sail through 360 degrees in order to avoid a jibe/ gybe thus changing your downwind direction.
Buoyancy
- Buoyancy is the ability of something to float in water. Often vessels have specific design merits which result in a greater buoyancy, thus providing a greater safety aspect or making a vessel more recoverable in the event of a capsizing or a fault in it's hull.
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