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Meanings of spinnaker in English
Russian
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Usage of spinnaker in English
1
In '51, he he worked out a new type of spinnaker.
2
It has both a spinnaker and trapeze, which means sailing one requires good teamwork.
3
Today we blew out a spinnaker in the back garden of the Great Blasket Islands.
4
Intending to free the spinnaker and haul his brother in on it, Asbury rushed forward.
5
Then the spinnaker flew into the air and collapsed onto the surface of the water.
6
We altered our course, and, with mainsail and spinnaker bellying to the squall, drove past.
7
It was Mrs. Warriner who replied, Yes, there's a genoa, and also a big nylon spinnaker.
8
I can hoist a spinnaker all right and shift a jib, but I'm no good at navigation.
9
NB: Skud 18 is the exciting Paralympic class with the asymmetric spinnaker; it's probably the fastest one downwind.
10
All sails set, even to a spinnaker she carried, she was making the best of the little breeze.
11
Do you carry genoa and spinnaker?
12
Leave the tiller to take care of itself, Bob, and in with the gaff-topsail, whilst I hand the spinnaker.
13
He cut the spinnaker halyard.
14
She swooped down the steep iron staircase, her long skirt billowing behind her like a spinnaker on a downwind run.
15
Description of the spinnaker.
16
Then Billy had decided to unfurl his spinnaker in a downwind run and I'd jumped to show I wasn't useless.
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Spinnaker through the time