Peter Duniho wrote:
"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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When answering, remember that India is in the southern hemisphere.

Regardless, Veer is a windshift to starboard,, Head is a shift to
port. Nautical terms.

Ah. I was worried it might be like the "hook" and "slice" from golf, where
they are just using arbitrary words to mean "left" and "right".

Still, what would "back" be?

No idea, but in golf hook and slice are, respectively, left and right
for right-handed players. They would be the opposite for left-handed
players.