human
Ready to come about,
gpt
Turn to your right; starboard, you know.
human
I wouldn't risk that, Molly. When you turn again, running before the wind, come about the simple and natural way--toward the lower tip of your sail.
gpt
How do you know which is better? You told me you were never in a sail-boat before.
human
Well, I haven't been. Shucks, that's just common sense. If you come about the right way, the sail only straightens out; if you swing the wrong way, the--the boom, I guess you call it, whips across the boat and may upset it. Anyhow, I should think there would be danger. But here is some first-class information. By the looks of the lake, we are going to be in a dead calm before two minutes; and after that --he studied the horizon--