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Under Mr. Horvath’s direction, Ms. Dowd raised the luffing sail, using a winch to pull the line tight and then secure it.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

In the first photo that you showed, the gun has already gone and Gretel is clearly luffing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somewhere along the U.S. line, as Enterprise begat Courageous begat Freedom begat Liberty, revolutionary breakthroughs had been luffing.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the second photo she is luffing even farther.

From Time Magazine Archive

Black hold, the detonations fierce, floor puddled with wet sick; heaving; victory blotched by fog and rain, the wind meddling, ships luffing, stoving up as if careened; and I below.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson