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Windward side of a sailing craft
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Windward side of a sailing craft
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3 identifiers linking tack across the web's reference databases
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A tack is the windward side of a sailing craft —the starboard or port tack. Generally, a craft is on a starboard tack if the wind is coming over the starboard (right) side with sails on port (left) side. Similarly, a craft is on a port tack if the wind is coming over the port (left).