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384 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to <strong>Boating</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sailing</strong>, Second Edition<br />

forecasts<br />

air pressure measurements,<br />

210-211<br />

mariners’ proverbs,<br />

212-213<br />

warning signs of bad<br />

weather, 211<br />

lightning dangers, 218<br />

severe-weather sailing,<br />

349-350<br />

tides. See tides<br />

water spouts, 219<br />

weather channels, 200<br />

wind factors<br />

Beaufort Wind Scales,<br />

214-215<br />

fetches, 213-214<br />

Force 12 winds, 215<br />

l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> sea breezes,<br />

215-216<br />

speeds, 213<br />

weedless props, 46<br />

weights, canoes, 144<br />

wheels (trailers), maintenance,<br />

59<br />

Wide Area Augmentations<br />

Systems. See WAAS<br />

width measurements, canoes,<br />

147<br />

winches<br />

characteristics of, 53<br />

maintenance, 61<br />

mechanics, 55<br />

wind factors<br />

effects on docking<br />

techniques, 92<br />

maneuvering out of slips,<br />

87<br />

winds<br />

apparent winds, 318<br />

Beaufort Wind Scales,<br />

214-215<br />

downwind sailing, 317<br />

fetches, 213-214<br />

Force 12 winds, 215<br />

l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> sea breezes,<br />

215-216<br />

speeds, 213<br />

tides, 230<br />

upwind sailing, 316<br />

Windsurfers, 326<br />

windward, 320<br />

winter tides, 230<br />

wiring tail lights, 60<br />

Yamaha (motor manufacturer),<br />

25

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