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Do I choose port or starboard tack?

Q Tom is the owner of High Pressure, a 10m cruiser racer with a symmetric spinnaker. He has sailed dinghies for years but has just purchased his first yacht. Tom is very experienced with spinnakers when dinghy racing but he lacks the same knowledge when it come to navigation.

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