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SAIL FULNESS [1 record]

Record 1 2001-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
DEF

... depth of a sail from the deepest point of its curve to an imaginary line drawn from its tack to its clew (its two bottom corners).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
DEF

[...] degré maximal de courbure que prend une voile en s'écartant d'une ligne droite partant de la ralingue et aboutissant à la chute.

CONT

Le voilier en taillant les voiles s'est appliqué à leur donner un creux en pinçant plus ou moins les laizes et en donnant un arrondi à l'envergure et à la bordure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vela y navegación de placer
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