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Originally Posted By: ZedSo "by and large" meant tacking back and forth to average the right direction.
Thank you I have a whole new concept for the phrase now.
Tacking is only needed when sailing into the wind. When the wind is coming from the stern, or, indeed, from any direction abaft the beam, there is no need to tack.
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