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Volta Do Mar
The phrase volta do mar, in Portuguese, means literally turn of the sea, or more correctly return from the sea, the phenomenon of wind-wheels. It was a sailing technique discovered when returning from the Atlantic islands where you first had to sail in the wrong direction (north-south) to catch good winds and return to Europe.
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