Meaning Back And Fill
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Back And FillA technique of tacking when the tide is with the ship but the wind is against it.
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Back And Fill The act of sailing craft in repeatedly catching and losing the wind from its sails, so as to be unable to make headway. Extend to cover the "fits and starts" of an indecisive in [..]
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Back And FillTo use the advantage of the tide being with you when the wind is not.
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Back And FillA technique of tacking when the tide is with the ship but the wind is against it.
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Back And FillTo luff up in the wind, and then fill off again. Often a vessel is worked up a narrow channel with a weather tide by backing and filling: that is, the helm is put down slowly, and the vessel kept movi [..]
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