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A knock is a header in Yank

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Mark Howe
San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA
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A knock is a header in Yank
Posted 2019, Jul 06 19:36
The American vernacular for knock is header. One is being headed when the wind shifts in a direction that heads us off away from our destination. A header on one tack is a lift on the other, so tack.
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