mainsail in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for mainsail in the English»Spanish Dictionary

mainsail [Am ˈmeɪnsəl, ˈmeɪnˌseɪl, Brit ˈmeɪnseɪl, ˈmeɪns(ə)l] N

mainsail

vela f mayor

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vela mayor

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mainsail in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mainsail in the English»Spanish Dictionary

mainsail N

mainsail

vela f mayor

Translations for mainsail in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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borda

mainsail

vela mayor

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English

Throughout the 1960s the company provided navigation systems along with auto-pilot and electric-powered furling mainsails.

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The mainmast was lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the foremast carried the conventional square course and square topsail.

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Aft-mast rigs with no mainsail also require fewer winches to raise and lower sails, and no winches to move the boom.

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The mainsail should self-tack onto the other side, but the jib is held aback.

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While the mast may interfere with the airflow around the mainsail, the mainsail also serves to reduce the drag on the mast.

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Battens enable designers to increase the size of mainsails by pushing the mainsail away from the mast.

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However, as the size of the boat increases, the benefits of mainsail roller furling increase dramatically.

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Another disadvantage of the mast aft rig, when set up with no mainsail, is the drag on the mast.

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Without battens, the mainsail must be cut with a hollow leech, like the typical jib, which reduces the sail area.

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The foot of the mainsail is usually extended by a boom.

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