КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND»
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
People know she 's ambitious and are afraid she might leave the company
twisting in the wind if a better job came along. sail close to the wind to take risks ♢
We thought she was sailing a bit close to the wind in her business deals, but she
...
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The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports
To be able to sail close to the wind is a great advantage in a boat, as will be seen
from Fig. 3. The boat A, which can sail closer to the wind than B, has to tack less
and can follow a shorter path in going from X to Y. When the boat tacks, the wind
...
John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, 1890
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Complete Sailing Manual
It is often hard for the uninitiated to understand how a boat can sail close to the
wind from which it is deriving its power. The secret lies in the shape of the sails. In
the days when windjammers roamed the oceans they had mostly square sails ...
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A Race for Real Sailors: Bluenose and
the International ...
... higher: To sail closer to the wind than another vessel. pipes: A colloquial term
for an increase in wind. plumb stem: Abowthatis straight up and down. point high:
To sail close to the wind. points of sail: Various headings in relation to the wind.
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Light from
the Other Side:
The Paranormal as Friend and ...
But if you want to get where you are going you need to sail close to the wind,
rather than just falling before it. Sailing close to the wind means that you head the
boat into the wind at as sharp and angle to the wind as possible. Then you have ...
The Buccaneer sailed OK, off the wind, but trying to sail close to the wind was a
horrible experience. While trying to make a mark, I watched the boat slipping
sideways. By this time in my sailing career I had learned enough about sailing
that I ...
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Every boy's book: a complete encyclopædia of sports and ...
Proceeding to our cruise, we must haul the iib-sheet well in, put the helm up, and
sail close to the wind; as, the wind being against us, we shall have to " beat up,"
that is, sail in a zigzag direction. In sailing close to the wind, we must always take
...
Every boy, Edmund Routledge, 1881
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Nelson's Navy: English Fighting Ships, 1793-1815
Consequently, the ship of the line was well suited to its purpose, but with certain
limitations, perhaps the most apparent of which was its inability to sail close to the
wind. A ship of the line could readily sail in any direction away from the wind.
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Ancient Boats in North-West Europe:
The Archaeology of Water ...
... a l: sail oflow AR (Kay, 1971: 78) and optimum camber is easier to achieve.
Gillmer (1979: 176) has estimated that an efficient square sail should have an AR
of 1.5 or even 2 to sail close to the wind; for fore and aft sails this optimum AR is c
.
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Every boy's book: a complete encyclopaedia of sports and ...
Proceeding to our cruise, we must haul the jib-sheet well in, put the helm up, and
sail close to the wind ; as, the wind being against us, we shall have to "beat up,"
that is, sail in a zigzag direction. In sailing close to the wind, we must always take
...
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND»
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