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Eye of the wind
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- The direction that the wind is blowing from.
- Прямо против ветра
- The direction to windward from whence it blows. ( see wind`s-eye.)
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Прямо против ветра, русский
Глаз ветра, русский
Точное направление ветра
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Heading, английский
The direction the boat is going.
Tack, английский
- The direction of the wind on sails (port tack or starboard tack)
- 1. a leg of the route of a sailing vessel, particularly in relation to tacking (q.v.) and to starboard tack and port tack (also q.v.).
- The property of an adhesive that enables it to form a bond of measurable strength immediately after adhesive and adherend are brought into contact under low pressure.
- Галс; пища (сухарь, хлеб)
- Галс - если ветер дует в левый борт парусного судна, то оно идет левым галсом, если в правый - правым
- Делать поворот оверштаг - менять галс так, что первым пересекает линию ветра нос яхты, через положение, когда яхта оказывается носом против в
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- To alter course so as to cause the bow of the boat to pass through the eye of the wind, 2
- The forward lower corner of a sail.
- Галс; поворот оверштаг; галсовый угол
- A rope to confine the weather lower corners of the courses and staysails when
- [1] to come about by turning the bow through the wind (the opposite of wear). [2] the direction in which a vessel is moving as determined by the position of its sails in relation to the wind. [3] the lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail. [4] a line for extending the weather clew of a course. [5] a course run obliquely against the wind. [6] the equivalent of a dash in a flag signal (see tackline). [7] a separator in a radio signal. [8] seaman’s slang for food. [9] a short pointed nail with a broad flat head. [10] a sewing stitch used to temporarily fasten cloth together. this is another nautical word that has found its way into common usage. to be “on the right tack” is to be following an appropriate course of action, while “on the wrong tack” implies being under a misapprehension, and to “change tack” is to abandon one course of action or argument for another. (the term “hard tack,” meaning bad luck or substandard food, has a completely different origin, having originally referred to the coarse, rock-like, weevil-infested bread known as ship’s biscuit).
- The gear used on a horse, e.g. saddles, bridles.
- Equipment used to ride and train horses
- 1) the lower forward corner of a triangular sail. 2) the direction in which a boat is sailing with respect to the wind. 3) to change a boat’s direction by bringing the bow through the eye of the wind.
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