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Secondly, over decades the ship of state was borne far out on theporttackand it required great nerve, courage and resolution to turn the helm.
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If the wind is from starboard, the vessel is on starboard tack, and if from port, onporttack.
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It is the point at which the boat is neither onporttackor starboard tack and is headed directly into the wind.
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To farther explain using this logic, the rules-of-the-road, at sea are that a sailboat on a starboard tack has right-of-way over one onporttack.
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If the wind is coming from anywhere on the port side, the boat is onporttack.
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There is a distinction between theporttackand the starboard tack.
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Boats generally approach the starting line on starboard tack to maintain right of way over boats onporttack.
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