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Port Tack
For Port Tack we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Kiteboard, Nautical and Sailing.
Port Tack (Kiteboard) 
Sailing on a tack with the wind coming from the port side (left side). You are normally kiting on port tack if your left hand is forward.
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Port Tack (Nautical)
A sailboat sailing on a tack with the wind coming over the port side and the boom on the starboard side of the boat. If two boats under sail are approaching, the one on port tack must give way to the boat on starboard tack.
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Port Tack (Sailing)
When the wind comes over the port side of a boat, and the sails are on the starboard side.
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