Word: winded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...triangular foresail used when sailing into or across the wind...
...luff is to head the boat directly into the wind, which sets the sails flapping...
...touches your fantasy, your very wellspring. You have to read Conrad to really understand." For those who race, the motivation has a keener edge. "The sport is marvelously complex and terribly competitive," says Bill Parks. "It's a great challenge because there are so many variables: the wind, the weather, water conditions, other boats. You have to tune your boat, get the optimum performance out of it. Even then, it's a roll of the dice." And while the dice are in the air, anyone-for one brief Mittyesque moment-can be Bus Mosbacher, sailing out of Newport...
Windward, the direction from which the wind is blowing. The windward boat gets the wind before its opponent does and is in a generally favorable position...
Leeward, the direction the wind is blowing. Thus the leeward boat is downwind of its opponent...