Usually means: Veering into wind, kayak stabilizes.
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  1. weathercocking: Collins English Dictionary
  2. weathercocking: Wiktionary
  3. weathercocking: Dictionary.com
  4. weathercocking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. weathercocking: Encyclopedia

(Note: See weathercock as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (weathercock)

noun:  A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
noun:  (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
noun:  (chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
verb:  (intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
verb:  (intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
verb:  (transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
▸ Also see weathercock


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