Significados de larboard tack en inglés

Both the pursuer and pursued were on the larboard tack, going free.

The schooner was running on the larboard tack as close to the wind as possible.

Presently the French again altered their course, and formed their line on the larboard tack.

The "Chancellor" was running on the larboard tack, and carried low-sails, top-sails, and gallant-sails.

Lay her on the larboard tack, Mr Penhaligon!

The schooner was then running on the larboard tack, and hugging the wind as much as possible.

We are on the larboard tack.

Very well, sir-very well-haulup on the larboard tack, as soon as possible, and get the larboard batteries clear.

She was on the larboard tack, under courses, topsails, and main-topgallant sail, heading as if to cross my bows.

The MACQUARIE stood out to sea on the larboard tack, under all her lower sails, topsails, topgallants, cross-jack, and jib.

Pencroft set sail at break of day, and by going on the larboard tack they could keep close to the shore.

It was a defensive combat, entirely, on their parts, after Commodore Nelson obliged them to haul their wind on the larboard tack.

Sure enough a ship was meeting us, heading up on the larboard tack about west-north-west, as she stretched in towards the English coast.

We saw nothing of the land after the first half-hour, but at midnight we wore ship, and came up on the larboard tack.

The next minute the sails were filled on the larboard tack, as before, and le Feu-Follet again drew ahead, standing in for the cliffs.

The boat was hauled close to the wind on the larboard tack, but she scarcely looked up to her course, besides making much lee-way.