LAY LINE: The course on which your boat, sailing close on the wind, can just make a windward mark.
LAZARETTE - A storage space in a boat's stern area.
LEE - The side sheltered from the wind.
LEE SHORE: Shoreline downwind of a boat (to be avoided).
Lay line: The course on which your boat, sailing close - hauled on starboard tack, can just make a windward mark which is to be rounded to port is the starboard - tack lay line for that mark, ...
Lay Line
An imaginary line on which a sailboat can sail directly to its target without tacking.
Lay Up ...
To come or to go lay aft An order to go toward the stern of a boat lay line An imaginary line which brings a close-hauled boat directly to a mark without tacking or jibing again lay off To rule off a course layup Protecting a boat ...
 See also: Running, Boat, Light, Current, Luff
  
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