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What is the four letter word that means the act of sailing close into the wind?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 10/27/2022

Tack.

The verb is to "tack."

When you sail a sail boat - or a "sailing boat" in British English parlance - towards or "into" the wind, that action is called "tacking".

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