SPINNAKER


Meaning of SPINNAKER in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As the sail whipped free of the masthead, he leaped back into the cockpit to loose the spinnaker sheets.

Coaching on trapeze and spinnaker handling completes the package.

He gathered in the tarpaulin as a yachtsman might a spinnaker and dumped it behind him before peering into the semi-darkness.

In winds of up to 14 knots true you can begin to spinnaker reach with the 1.5oz at 60 ° apparent.

Martin uses balloon fabric, as it does not crease as easily as spinnaker ripstop.

The wardrobe also includes a 130 percent overlapping headsail and a heavy 1.50z spinnaker from the Sanders loft.

Use balloon ripstop on a 110-degree narrow Delta steerable kite, and you will soon discover why the spinnaker nylon is best.

Wherever you look, water glints and a collage of spinnakers billows over Perth Water.

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