Glossary · Weather & oceans
Calm
Also called: Pétole, calme, calme plat, pétole, light air, petit temps
No wind, or too little to make headway.
Calm is the racers' other enemy, besides the storm: the boat stops and the sails slat in the swell. Rankings can be turned upside down when part of the fleet is becalmed under a high.
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