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		HPsquared on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of... For wind there is leeward (downwind) and windward (upwind). I don't think there are common terms for the 2 crosswind directions though?

sergiosgc on April 26, 2023 [–]

I'm not familiar with sail vocabulary in English, but in Portuguese there is only downwind (sotavento) and upwind (barlavento). Functionally you don't need the other two, so I imagine it's similar in English.

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