In sailing terminology, windward means “upwind,” or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

Mountain ranges in a path of prevailing winds affect precipitation on either side of a mountain. The windward side of the mountain, the side the wind hits has higher precipitation in the form of rain or snow, while the land on the other side of the mountain, leeward side, will have little precipitation.

Leeward (/ˈliːwərd, ˈljuːərd/) is the direction downwind (or downward) from the point of reference. The leeward region of mountains generally remains dry as compared to the windward.

The term leeward, or lee, refers to slopes that are oriented away from the wind. If winds are strong enough, snow from windward slopes can be redistributed or blown to leeward areas, causing them to become loaded. Wind slabs often form on lee aspects as a result of this wind transport.

Unlike port and starboard, the windward and leeward sides of the boat change with the wind. Windward is the side closest to the wind; leeward is, therefore, the further side out. The Windward Islands in the Caribbean were closest to the wind in old English trading routes, the Leeward Islands were off the wind.

Sailing By the Lee or under lee : Sailing such that the wind is on the same side of the boat as the mainsail is carried and the wind is filling the mainsail into its aft-facing surface.

As winds rise up the windward side of a mountain range, the air cools and precipitation falls. On the other side of the range, the leeward side, the air is dry, and it sinks. So there is very little precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain range.

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: the side that is sheltered from the wind : the lee side. leeward.

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A lee shore is exactly as it sounds; a shore (object, obstructions, etc.) to leeward of a boat. Lee shores are dangerous because if a boat were to lose its maneuverability, they would eventually drift towards the lee shore likely resulting in a grounding or collision with the shore or object.

Its opposite, the shore on the windward side of the vessel is called the weather or windward shore ( /ˈwɪnərd/ or, more commonly, /ˈwɪndwərd/).

The best way to get off the leeward shore In other places, sailing in the lee can lead to ripping your keel from your hull. Still in other places you can get off scot free by running into a sandbar and doing no damage at all. It’s all a game of chance, where the wind will deposit you when you venture too far down wind.

A lee shore is one that is to the lee side of a vessel — meaning the wind is blowing towards it. A weather shore has the wind blowing from inland over it out to sea. For example, a person standing on a shore when the wind is blowing out to sea (or any large body of water) is standing on a weather shore.

Tacking upwind to a safer spot and anchoring will prevent your vessel from veering into the shore and becoming damaged. Secondly, you can try to steer your vessel windward (towards the wind) and luff your sail to that the airflow of the wind pushing you towards land is disrupted.

hard-a-lee. The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it only relates to a tiller which extends forward from the rudder-head; now many extend aft, in which case the order remains the same, but the tiller and rudder are both brought over to windward.

The root cause of lee helm is when the center of pressure exerted by the wind on the sails falls too far forward of the center of resistance of the hull—the natural point at which the hull tries to pivot. This tends to push the bow of the boat away from the wind.

Yes, officers’ sleeping quarters are separate from all enlisted berthing. They were located in clusters called “officer country.” The size and quality of officer berthing on an aircraft carrier varies with rank. Many are just under the flight deck, but some may be much lower, below the hangar deck.

Where Does the crew sleep on a pirate ship? The captain had the large cabin at the very stern (aft /back end) of the ship – the part with all the windows. He had a regular bed or sometimes a bed on gimbals so that the bed always stayed level.

stern area

While common visible parts of a ship are; rudder, anchor, bow, keel, accommodation, propeller, mast, bridge, hatch coves and bow thrusters. 1 ) Anchor. 2 ) Bow.