foresail dans le dictionnaire PONS

Traductions de foresail dans le dictionnaire anglais»espagnol

foresail [ˈfɔ:seɪl, Am ˈfɔ:r-] SUBST MAR

foresail

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Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

All the competitors followed suit with the foresail change for the last race of the day, in challenging gusty conditions.

afloat.ie

This boat follows the general layout for most single-mast sailing yachts, having a mainsail and a foresail, with the cockpit at the back of the boat.

en.wikipedia.org

The sail plan is borrowed from racing vessels with a short mainsail that is easy to manage and a larger foresail.

www.sail-world.com

In striking the gear, the foresail tack tackle had to be cast off.

en.wikipedia.org

The captain said he decided to attempt to sail, but strong winds tore the foresail and the foresail and the mainsail became tangled in the mast.

atlantic.ctvnews.ca

Gaff vangs are difficult to rig on the aft-most sail, so are typically only found on schooners or ketches, and then only on the foresail or mainsail.

en.wikipedia.org

Traditional schooners were gaff rigged, and the trapezoid shape of the foresail occupied the inter-mast space to good effect, with a useful sail area and a low centre of effort.

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Then, to make matters even worse, if that were possible, the foresail jibed, bursting the rigging.

www.lportepilot.ca

Often a watersail will be improvised from an unused foresail.

en.wikipedia.org

That's when the decision was made to try sail power, he said, but it wasn't long before both the foresail and headsail ripped.

www.cbc.ca