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Sailboats

Love ’em, hate ’em or leave ’em be. Whatever your opinion of wind-driven craft, they are a part of the nautical scene. As a competent skipper, you need to know the right course of action to follow when a meeting of the ways seems inevitable. Test your basic knowledge of power-and-sail interaction with the following quiz.
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A sailboat on the starboard tack not only has the right of way over most power-driven vessels, but also over other sailboats that are on the port tack. A sailboat is on the starboard tack when: