Word: leeward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...straight down at the largest volcano ever seen by man, Nix Olympica, which is six miles high and more than 300 miles in diameter at its base. Evidence of the fury of Martian winds can be seen in a number of pictures that show tear-shaped features to the leeward side of craters and other surface irregularities. Scientists believe that these features are wind shadows of sand that are formed behind the craters by the violent winds. One photograph shows an area with unusual swirls, and a crater-like feature that to the hard-working JPL scientists seems to have...
...most outstanding structural features are a floating barge-like foundation. vertical boat handling storage system. and swinging docking floats that enable easy leeward landings from any wind direction. Instead of the traditional piling supports, the new boathouse is built on a floating steel barge...
...from Florence, who found offshore New York "a very pleasant place" to visit in 1524. There are unfamiliar names, too, like St. Brendan the Navigator, who in the 6th century took to sea, Morison speculates, in search of guaranteed chastity. After all, even a monastery had Irish milkmaids to leeward...
...Intrepid leading at all five marks, but with a scant mile and a half to go, the wind shifted and died down-and so did Intrepid. Playing the light air superbly, Hardy came on strongly while Ficker belatedly tried to cover with a tack that left him well to leeward of the finish line. Gretel II squeaked across Intrepid's bow to win a startling comeback victory by 62 sec. At week's end, the race committee, which had packed its bags in anticipation of a 4-0 sweep by Intrepid, unpacked...
...sections and slim in the stern, she has been dubbed "the tadpole." Valiant's keel is smaller than the old Intrepid's, her trim tab larger. A Stephens innovation for 12-meters, the trim tab on the aft end of the keel helps to reduce drift to leeward and can be used as an auxiliary rudder in tight turns. Valiant's reverse transom rolls down more smoothly toward the waterline, reducing excess weight in hull and deck. As with Intrepid, Valiant's ten-man crew work their winches below deck, thereby lowering wind resistance as well...