Glad you ask :wink: ! Take it from a sailor: "abaft" = towards the stern from, as in "the mainmast is abaft the foremast," meaning the mainmast is behind the foremast. "Aloft", on the other hand,...
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Glad you ask :wink: ! Take it from a sailor: "abaft" = towards the stern from, as in "the mainmast is abaft the foremast," meaning the mainmast is behind the foremast. "Aloft", on the other hand,...
:) Interesting usage, Rtyom! Pretty odd, actually... Btw - what is "abaft" in Russian?
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