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What this video covers

The throttle-and-gear lever on a sailboat — called the Morse, after Morse code — has two detent positions that click and lock: minimum forward ("avante poca" in merchant-marine terminology) and minimum reverse ("atrás poca").0:24 Starting throttle increases from the minimum-forward detent rather than from neutral gives finer control over power application.0:37 The same graduated increase applies in reverse.0:45 Not all boats have equally distinct detents; on this boat the clicks are pronounced and easy to feel.0:13

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