Noah Little wrote:

Diamond Jim wrote:
What are you? Landlubbers? Its a sailing ship! The wind goes from the stern
(the back end) to the bow (the front end)

Spoken like a lifetime power boater. On a sailing vessel, the wind can
be from ahead or abaft the beam.

True of course, but when one must make a choice then one chooses
the most likely choice I suppose...harrumph...
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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)