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развора́чивать по́ ветру

turn downwind

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His ships raced downwind towards the battle, briefly turning into the wind to recover returning planes. en.wikipedia.org

Larger naval cutters often had the ability to hoist two or three square-rigged sails from their mast to improve their downwind sailing performance as well. en.wikipedia.org

By then turning downwind, and diving through the wind gradient, they can also gain energy. en.wikipedia.org

Downwind, sailing thrust is oriented in the direction of travel so will result in a forward pitch. en.wikipedia.org

In 8 knots they will plane easily on reaches but are sailed in a displacement mode upwind and downwind. en.wikipedia.org

Dynamic soaring involves repeatedly rising into wind and descending downwind thus gaining energy from the vertical wind gradient. en.wikipedia.org

When running downwind for protracted periods, for example when ocean-crossing in steady trade winds, cruisers sometimes set twin poled-out jibs without a mainsail. en.wikipedia.org

With no traffic in circuit, the circuit is joined by crossing the upwind threshold and then turning downwind. en.wikipedia.org

First, the spiders release unusually large amounts of bridging silk into the air, which is then carried downwind, across the water body, establishing bridge lines. en.wikipedia.org

The vane is operated in two principal positions, one for upwind sailing, the other for downwind. en.wikipedia.org

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