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UK
/spˈɪneɪkɐ/
]
NOUN
- a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind
How To Use spinnaker In A Sentence
- Setting a spinnaker involves keeping the boat steady with the wind behind while the spinnaker sail is raised.
- First, at corner exits, it pulls like hell, like it has deployed some magical torque spinnaker. BMW 1M: Miniature, Mighty and Miles of Fun
- We can carry the spinnaker in combination with the mizzen staysail or we can carry either alone.
- A larger headsail and cruising spinnaker are nice to have for beam reaching and running in light air but many owners find the mainsail and 120% jib work just fine.
- It was in spinnaker, up mizzen, all sheets by the wind, and we were moving slowly ahead, heaving the lead and straining our eyes for the fixed red light on the ruined fort that would give us our bearings to anchorage. Chapter 10
- She inhaled a lungful of cold, salty air, and it sped her like a spinnaker toward the house. ROUGH JUSTICE
- The 2000 race was another typical adventure, with spinnakers set for the first eight hours until the wind moved to the south-west and increased to gale force during the next two days.
- Racing school" is for more advanced sailors who are looking to become proficient at race strategy, tactics and maneuvers "spinnaker" gives individuals or teams instruction and practice with this element of sailing. The Roanoke Times: Home page
- Use balloon ripstop on a 110-degree narrow Delta steerable kite, and you will soon discover why the spinnaker nylon is best.
- Show your support and love of boating by choosing the card that depicts an exhilarating ride on a powerboat or the card that features a sailboat with spinnaker flying.