File:Lee and windward shores.svg

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Lee_and_windward_shores.svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 500 × 500 pixels, file size: 24 KB)
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English: A diagram showing the lee (red) and windward (green) shores of an island (Maui, to be precise) given a wind from due east. Lee shores in particular have a bad reputation for danger in sailing vessels. While the diagram appears to be backwards, a "lee shore" is so named because it is on the lee side of the boat, thus the wind is driving the boat into the shore.
Date 2009/02/01
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Author Inductiveload
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current22:21, 1 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:21, 1 February 2009500 × 500 (24 KB)Inductiveload{{Information |Description={{en|1=A diagram showing the lee (red) and windward (green) shores of an island (Maui, to be precise) given a wind from due east. Lee shores in particular have a bad reputation for danger in sailing vessels. While the diagram ap
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