Upwind and Weather

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Upwind adjective - Towards the side exposed to wind.

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Weather is a synonym for upwind. In some cases you can use "Weather" instead an adjective "Upwind".

Weather adjective - Towards the side exposed to wind.

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Upwind is a synonym for weather. You can use "Upwind" instead an adjective "Weather".

And since all ships were powered by sails, simply having "the Weather Gauge" (the upwind position) often made all the difference because it could make your ships faster and literally (if you 'stole' their wind by being directly upwind of them) bring the enemy's to a standstill.

Source: Useful Notes / History of Naval Warfare

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