(1) If your luff is flapping, pull the sail towards you to fill it with wind

(2) He can luff you, but must leave you room to get clear

(3) If it's a sailboat, luff it up into the wind and drift to a complete stop, then allow it to sail backwards - a boat-length is long enough to appease the spirits.

(4) It was in full sail close to us, luffing a little and standing across our course, and so close we had to strike sail to avoid running foul of her, while they too turned hard to let us pass.

(5) Nonchalant references to booms and jibs and kites and cleats and luffs and lees and heeling and tacking and pointing high can leave the nautical ingu00d4u00f6u00a3u252cu00abnue helpless in a riptide of argot.