On 9 Mar 2006 04:50:53 -0800, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:
On 8 Mar 2006 12:38:27 -0800, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:

While watching the northern lights in a stiff wind from the west, I am left
leaning.
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This is rec.boats. Take that leaning crap to alt.politics. Here is is
"listing".

If I'm sailing north, and the wind is from the starboard, then I'm leaning
left.
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'Til next time,

John H

list3
n.
An inclination to one side, as of a ship; a tilt.

lean, 1 a : to incline, deviate, or bend from a vertical position

The ship may be listing or heeling, but I'm leaning.
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'Til next time,

John H

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