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KAICLING or KECLING to KELSON
KAICLING or KECLING
KEDGE
KEEL
Upon an even KEEL
KEEL-HAULING
To KEEP
To KEEP the luff
To KEEP off
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KELSON
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To KEEP the luff
To KEEP the luff, to continue close to the wind, i.e. sailing with a course inclined to the direction of the wind, as much as possible, without deviating to leeward. This is also called, keeping the wind. See CLOSE-HAULED,
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 165, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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