Translations for „foresail“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

foresail <foresail; foresails> N

foresail

شراع أمامي

foresail

الشراع الأمامي

foresail AVIAT

قِلْع أَمَامِيّ

foresail NAUT

foresail

شراع الصاري الأمامي

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The foremast was rolled over, destroying the foresail.

en.wikipedia.org

The sail plan is borrowed from racing vessels with a short mainsail that is easy to manage and a larger foresail.

www.sail-world.com

She was of wooden construction with two masts and carried a gaff rigged main and mizen using booms, and a single foresail.

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Then, to make matters even worse, if that were possible, the foresail jibed, bursting the rigging.

www.lportepilot.ca

The captain said he decided to attempt to sail, but strong winds tore the foresail and the foresail and the mainsail became tangled in the mast.

atlantic.ctvnews.ca

Traditional schooners were gaff rigged, and the trapezoid shape of the foresail occupied the inter-mast space to good effect, with a useful sail area and a low centre of effort.

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We took off our foresail and stowed the bicycles below decks.

www.theglobeandmail.com

The foresail is mounted on a bowsprit.

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Often a watersail will be improvised from an unused foresail.

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All the competitors followed suit with the foresail change for the last race of the day, in challenging gusty conditions.

afloat.ie