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Значения термина beating to windward на английском

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Использование термина beating to windward на английском
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You can't, without gross inconsistency, start beating to windward against it.
Gossamer
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But now she has come about and beating to windward.
Foul Play
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It took two or three hours to regain the lost ground, by beating to windward.
The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
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It was also found that her capacity of beating to windward, never great, was much reduced.
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson / With the journal of her first ...
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The vessel is never tacked, but the sail is lowered, shifted over, and again hoisted when beating to windward.
The Cruise of the "Dainty"; Or, Rovings in the Pacific
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Her capacity for beating to windward was never great, and after she had been repaired her tardiness became irritating.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
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They remained there for some days, beating to windward, until after several storms they had to put back to Manila.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 / 1625-29 / ...
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Those who have been at sea, beating to windward in half a gale of wind, will understand what the pressure was like.
Robur the Conqueror
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If they are afraid of us sailing on a wind, they would not have much chance with us in beating to windward.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
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What sailors call fore-and-aft sails had already been introduced, and we hear constantly of ships beating to windward, and attempting to gain the weather-gage.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves / Updated to 1900
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We continued beating to windward, in hopes of being joined by the Flying-fish, and I resolved to finish the survey towards the island of Semarara.
The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes
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