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headreach

head·reach [ héd rch ]


noun 
Definition:
 
distance made to windward: the distance that a sailboat makes to windward when tacking



transitive verb  (past and past participle head·reached, present participle head·reach·ing, 3rd person present singular head·reach·es)
Definition:
 
outdistance other boat: to make a better distance than another boat when tacking

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