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  1. To take; undertake for.

Word origin

From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).

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  • Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial.
  • On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc.
  • The Patented Hoyt Jib Boom adds to offwind speed by vanging the jib and acting as a built in whisker pole.

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