"full and bye"

Lars S. Mulford (mulford@bellatlantic.net)
Sat, 22 May 1999 08:33:37 -0400


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JBlumhorst@aol.com wrote:

> > Sailing according to the wind
> > shifts, not straight on your intended heading, is called sailing "full and
> > bye".

mulford@bellatlantic.net wrote:

> The classic and accepted definition of "full and by" or "full and bye" has
> nothing to do with sailing with wind shifts, but refers to "sailing as close to
> the wind with all sails full". The term has origins and found more use on square
> rigged ships than a fore and aft rigged boat. "Full and bye" relates to the
> terms of "close-hauled", "beating", "beat", "on the wind", "by the wind",
> "work", "working", and of course, "full and by".

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"Sea" ya!

--Lars S. Mulford, President East Coast Potter Association (ECPA) Come visit us at http://members.tripod.com/~SpeedSailor "Forgive, and live. Life is worth the challenge of living." --LSSM s/v Aqua (sailing the greater Chesapeake region)