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WHISKEY
WAKE  The track a vessel leaves astern 
WAY  A vessel's movement through the water
WEATHER  The side from which the wind blows
WEATHER HELM  The tendency of a vessel to come up into the wind
WHIPPING  Winding twine about the end of a rope to keep it from unlaying
WIND SHADOW  The part of dead air in the lee of a yacht
WINDWARD  Same as WEATHER
 

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YAWL  A two-masted yacht in which the smaller after mast is less than half the height of the forward mast
 
 

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