Gybe

//d͡ʒaɪb//

Synonyms for "gybe" (30 found)

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Verb(2 words)
change coursejib

Related words (15)

Verb(2 words)
jibewear

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Translations

34 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • надсмивам се verb (to change tack with the wind behind)
  • обръщам платно verb (to change tack with the wind behind)
  • подигравам се verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

Catalan

2 entries
  • trabujada noun (sailing manoeuvre)
  • trabujar verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gijpen noun (sudden shift of a sail's angle)
  • gijpen verb (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)
  • gijpen verb (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)
  • gijpen verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jiippi noun (sudden shift of a sail's angle)
  • lehmänkäännös noun (sailing manoeuvre)
  • myötäkäännös noun (sailing manoeuvre)
  • äkkikäännös noun (sudden change in approach or direction)

French

4 entries
  • empannage noun (sudden shift of a sail's angle)
  • empannage noun (sailing manoeuvre)
  • empanner verb (to change tack with the wind behind)
  • virer lof pour lof verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

German

1 entries
  • kreuzen verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מהפך noun (sudden shift of a sail's angle)
  • מַהְפָּךְ verb (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)
  • מַהְפָּךְ verb (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)
  • מַהְפָּךְ verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

Polish

2 entries
  • zwrot przez rufę noun (sailing manoeuvre)
  • zwrot z wiatrem noun (sailing manoeuvre)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cambada noun (sailing manoeuvre)
  • cambar verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

Spanish

3 entries
  • trasluchar verb (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)
  • trasluchar verb (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)
  • trasluchar verb (to change tack with the wind behind)

Swedish

1 entries
  • gipp noun (sailing manoeuvre)

Sample sentences

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[…] I had my Man Friday to teach as to what belong'd to the Navigation of my Boat; for though he knew very well how to paddle a Canoe, he knew nothing what belong'd to a Sail and a Rudder, and was the moſt amaz'd when he ſaw me work the Boat too and again in the Sea by the Rudder, and how the Sail gyb'd, and fill'd this Way or that Way, as the Courſe we ſail'd chang'd: […]

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The key to a good gybe is to bring the spinnaker round to the old weather side before you begin, and then to steer to keep some wind in the kite.

Source: wiktionary

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