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Backing (of wind)

Created OnFebruary 5, 2018

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Shift of wind direction in an anticlockwise manner, for example from north to west (opposite of veering)

Related:

Half cardinal points
Cardinal buoy
Cardinal points
Leeward
Heading
Act of God

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