In what kind of sailing rig can you “scandalize the mainsail” in order to reduce sail area?
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Congratulations to Rudi deJong, Cape Town, SA, who correctly answered last week’s question. “There are monsoon areas in the tropics around the world but the trade winds called the Northeast and Southwest Monsoons are found in the northern reaches of the Indian Ocean.”