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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
backwind .
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Most catamarans, because of their extremely light weight, have no momentum to carry them through a tack and must be backwinded.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Most catamarans, because of their extremely light weight, have no momentum to carry them through a tack and must be backwinded.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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