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| **Bow:** The nose of the boat. | | **Bow:** The nose of the boat. |
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| **Stern:** The aft most part of the boat. | | **Stern:** The aft most part of the boat. |
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| n | **TWA:** True Wind Angle (from 0 to 180 degrees), | n | **TWA:** True Wind Angle (ranging from -180 to 180 |
| i.e the angle between the boat centerline and the | | degrees), i.e the angle between the boat centerli |
| incoming wind. TWA=0 means that the wind comes in | | ne and the incoming wind. TWA=0 means that the win |
| from over the boat bow. TWA<0 indicates wind from | | d comes in straight from over the boat bow. Negati |
| the port side. | | ve TWAs indicates wind from the port side. |
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| n | **TWD:** True Wind Direction is the angle from whe | n | **TWD:** True Wind Direction (ranging from 0 to 36 |
| re the wind blows. TWD=0 means wind from the north | | 0 degrees)is the angle *from * where the wind blow |
| , TWA=90 means wind from the east etc. | | s. TWD=0 means wind *from* the north, TWA=90 means |
| | | wind from the east etc. |
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| n | **TWS:** True Wind Speed in meters/second or knots | n | **TWS:** True Wind Speed in either of the units me |
| . | | ters/second (m/s) or knots (kn). |
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| t | **Course:** The direction of the boat velocity whi | t | **Course:** The direction of the boat velocity (0 |
| ch in this game is equal to the boat heading since | | to 360 degrees) which in this game is equal to the |
| no water currents are present. | | boat heading since no water currents are present. |
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| **Distance:** is in this nautical game measured in | | **Distance:** is in this nautical game measured in |
| nautical miles. One nautical mile equals 1.852 km | | nautical miles. One nautical mile equals 1.852 km |
| /h. | | /h. |
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| **BS:** Boat Speed is measured in knots. One knot | | **BS:** Boat Speed is measured in knots. One knot |
| equals one nautical mile per hour. | | equals one nautical mile per hour. |
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