Raising the spinnaker while tacking is not advised.
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Spinnaker
//ˈspɪnəkɚ//
Synonyms for "spinnaker" (3 found)
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16 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- спинакер noun (sail)
Catalan
1 entries- espinàquer noun (sail)
Finnish
2 entries- pallopurje noun (sail)
- spinaakkeri noun (sail)
Greek
1 entries- τρίγωνο ιστίο noun (sail)
Hebrew
1 entries- סְפִּינֵקֶר noun (sail)
Italian
4 entries- fiocco a pallone noun (sail)
- spi noun (sail)
- spinnaker noun (sail)
- vela a pallone noun (sail)
Macedonian
1 entries- спи́накер noun (sail)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spinnaker noun (sail)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- spinnaker noun (sail)
Polish
2 entries- motyl noun (sail)
- spinaker noun (sail)
Spanish
1 entries- espináker noun (sail)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Spinach is a plant, while a spinnaker is a sail.
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On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
Source: wiktionary
We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.
Source: wiktionary
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