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Meaning of CLOSE TO THE WIND

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 Definition: [adv]  (nautical) nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming; "sailing close to the wind"
 
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Close to the Wind
This memoir by a sailor who participated in the Vendee Globe yacht competition is filled with personal anecdotes and the lore of sailing and includes the writer`s stirring account of his rescue at sea of a fellow sailor in distress.

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