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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The mainsail is attached by its luff to the main mast of a boat...  4, record 1, English, - mainsail

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Voile principale [qui] est généralement fixée au grand mât et à la bôme ou gui.  2, record 1, French, - grand%2Dvoile

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A centerboard, V-bottomed sailing boat common on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast of the United States ...  2, record 3, English, - skipjack

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The rig consists of one mast with pronounced rake aft, on which are set a leg-of-mutton mainsail and a stay foresail or jib... It is used for oyster dredging and as a market boat. It is also a popular form of hull for small yachts.  2, record 3, English, - skipjack

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

corner boat: In Provincetown, Massachusetts, [the skipjack] is called corner boat on account of the sharp angle formed by the topsides and bottom.  2, record 3, English, - skipjack

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Voilier d'origine américaine, construit sur les rivages de la baie de Chesapeak.  2, record 3, French, - skipjack

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Ces bateaux étaient utilisés pour draguer les huître, et hors saison ils faisaient du transport. Ils mesurent entre 18 et 30 m, et seront construits de 1850 à 1950. En 1980 ils pêchaient encore, mais il était interdit de les motoriser, pour protéger la ressource.  2, record 3, French, - skipjack

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

There are two types of topping lifts : one which raises the main boom(on larger boats only)... The main boom topping lift is usually used, when the mainsail is not up, only to support the boom.  1, record 4, English, - main%20boom%20topping%20lift

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[La manœuvre courante destinée à soutenir un espar qui est] la plus fréquemment utilisée à bord est la balancine de grand-voile qui soutient la bôme et permet de l'apiquer plus ou moins.  1, record 4, French, - balancine%20de%20grand%2Dvoile

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Sur les petits voiliers, la balancine de grand-voile est généralement fixée en tête de mât, ce qui la dégage de la voile.  2, record 4, French, - balancine%20de%20grand%2Dvoile

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The line from the main boom to the cockpit; used to control the set of the mainsail.  1, record 5, English, - mainsheet

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

écoute : manœuvre courante servant à régler les voiles. Écoute de grand-voile et d'artimon : c'est une écoute simple qui passe [...] par un palan.  1, record 5, French, - %C3%A9coute%20de%20grand%2Dvoile

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A large jib used on racing yachts.  2, record 6, English, - genoa%20jib

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

... Overlaps the west and stretches far back next to the mainsail...  4, record 6, English, - genoa%20jib

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Named after the Italian port where it was first used.  4, record 6, English, - genoa%20jib

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Foc de grandes dimensions en tissu léger, généralement hissé en tête de mât.  4, record 6, French, - g%C3%A9nois

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The point at the intersection of the luff and the foot [of a sail].  2, record 7, English, - tack

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 DEF

The lower forward corner of a mainsail or jib.  3, record 7, English, - tack

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

tack: term also used in sailing.  4, record 7, English, - tack

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] coin inférieur par lequel une voile est fixée au bateau.  2, record 7, French, - point%20d%27amure

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 DEF

Angle inférieur avant d'une voile.  3, record 7, French, - point%20d%27amure

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Rigging from the bottom of the mast that stops the boom from lifting when reaching and running.  4, record 8, English, - boom%20vang

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

These include a boomvang to control tension on the trailing edge(the leech) of the mainsail by pulling down on the boom.  5, record 8, English, - boom%20vang

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petit palan frappé sur la bôme pour la tirer vers le bas et la maintenir en position horizontale [...]  2, record 8, French, - hale%2Dbas%20de%20b%C3%B4me

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] on installe un hale-bas de bôme entre un point situé au tiers avant de l'espar [bôme] et le mât au niveau du pont [...]  3, record 8, French, - hale%2Dbas%20de%20b%C3%B4me

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The benefit derived from airflow through a gap between a slot or auxiliary airfoil and a wing or second airfoil.  2, record 9, English, - slot%20effect

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The slot effect was first noticed on jib-rigged sailboats where the foresail directs flow over the mainsail, accentuating the mainsail' s performance.  2, record 9, English, - slot%20effect

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Accroissement du rendement lié au passage de l'air à travers l'interstice entre un bec ou profil auxiliaire et une aile ou profil secondaire.  2, record 9, French, - effet%20de%20couloir

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

L'effet de couloir a été remarqué pour la première fois sur les bateaux à voiles gréées, ou la misaine dirige le flux d'air directement sur la grand-voile, améliorant sa productivité.  2, record 9, French, - effet%20de%20couloir

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Straps used to tie a sail to a spar.  3, record 10, English, - sail%20stop

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

To furl the mainsail adequate sail stops are needed, [they should be] long, all the same length [and] synthetic so they will dry more quickly.  4, record 10, English, - sail%20stop

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cordon ou tresse servant à serrer une voile sur une vergue, un gui, etc.  2, record 10, French, - raban%20de%20ferlage

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

C'est sur la bôme qu'on serre proprement la voile, qu'on la ferle, avec un ou des rabans de ferlage (cordage, bande toile) [...] ce qui évite de la ranger à chaque fois.  3, record 10, French, - raban%20de%20ferlage

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A one-mast rig with gaff mainsail, stay foresail, jib and topsail...  2, record 11, English, - cutter

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Bateau à un mât, portant mât de flèche et beaupré rentrant, gréant grand-voile, flèche, trinquette et foc.  2, record 11, French, - cotre

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

El cúter tiene un casco más bien corto, pero formas muy finas e hidrodinámicas, y la quilla de aleta muy prolongada, a modo de orza. Su único mástil lo lleva plantado casi en el centro del casco. Tiene una vela trapezoidal y dos foques.  2, record 11, Spanish, - c%C3%BAter

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A sailboat having one mast, a mainsail, a jib, and sometimes other sails.  2, record 12, English, - sloop

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Voilier équipé d'un grand mât et d'un seul foc.  2, record 12, French, - sloop

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Du néerlandais «sloep», embarcation. Anglicisé à tort.  3, record 12, French, - sloop

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Long narrow pockets fitted to a yacht’s mainsails and sometimes jibs, to receive battens to keep the sail taut.  2, record 13, English, - batten%20pocket

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In the leech of the mainsail and in the leech of the jib are usually found a series of long narrow pockets... known as batten pockets; their function is to receive light, narrow strips of wood called battens which help hold the sail to its proper curvature.  3, record 13, English, - batten%20pocket

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

batten pocket: sailing term.  4, record 13, English, - batten%20pocket

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Poche de toile cousue le long de la chute d'une voile et destinée à recevoir une latte.  3, record 13, French, - gousset%20de%20latte

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

fourreau de latte : terme de voile.  2, record 13, French, - gousset%20de%20latte

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The telltales make the trimming of the sails and the steering of the boat easier... The telltales in the leech should be made of a rather strong nylon strip... In the mainsail telltales are only needed in the leech. Cut them out of an inch wide nylon strip and sew them into the ends of the batten pockets.  1, record 14, English, - nylon%20strip

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Nylon stripping for crinolines. Nylon strip, size 060 X n" wide, minimum order 300 feet.  2, record 14, English, - nylon%20strip

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Ruban : Étroite bande de tissu, servant d'ornement, d'attache. Ruban de chanvre, de lin, de laine, de coton, de soie... [...] Bandelette : Bande étroite [...] Lanière : Bande longue et mince. Découper qqch. en lanières, en faire des lanières.  2, record 14, French, - ruban%20de%20nylon

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In smaller boats, a light line held loosely on the leech of jib or mainsail, to adjust the curvature of the sail.  2, record 15, English, - leech%20line

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The ... leech lines are used to control the shape and position of the main. [It] should be trimmed so that it presents a smooth, efficient contour without wrinkles.  3, record 15, English, - leech%20line

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Les] nerfs de chute [...] permettent à volonté de fermer les chutes [...] ou d'empêcher le dévers ou le battement d'une chute un peu allongée.  2, record 15, French, - nerf%20de%20chute

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Le nerf de chute [...] introduit sous la gaine de chute sert en réglant sa tension d'après la force du vent et l'allure, à donner de la tenue au bord d'une voile ayant tendance à battre.  3, record 15, French, - nerf%20de%20chute

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A small metal or plastic fitting often used on the forward and lower edges of a mainsail or mizzen to attach it to a track along the appropriate mast and boom.  3, record 16, English, - sail%20slide

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A sail slide may also be used on the head, luff or foot of a gaff sail.  3, record 16, English, - sail%20slide

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 2 CONT

If the sail has sail slides, inspect each one to see if there is any wear from capsized sail slides.  4, record 16, English, - sail%20slide

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petit chariot cousu sur le bord d'une voile et lui permettant de glisser dans une rainure d'un mât ou d'un bôme.  2, record 16, French, - coulisseau

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[La] «ralingue» peu [...] comporter tout les 25 cm environ des petits blocs de bois ou de plastique, les «coulisseaux», cousus sur la ralingue.  3, record 16, French, - coulisseau

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The ratio of the square of the span to the area of the sail.  2, record 17, English, - aspect%20ratio

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The Bermudian mainsail in modern racing yachts has a high aspect ratio, i. e. a short foot and long luff.  3, record 17, English, - aspect%20ratio

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'allongement est le rapport du carré de la hauteur à la surface Al=2H/B, B étant la bordure de la voile.  2, record 17, French, - allongement

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 CONT

[...] nous retiendrons surtout que la finesse dépend du profil, mais aussi du rapport hauteur/largeur de ce profil, que l'on appelle allongement.  3, record 17, French, - allongement

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Describes a sail when all of the panels are roughly horizontal.  2, record 18, English, - cross%20cut

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The mainsail is cross cut with its cloths... running at right angles to the leech of the sail.  3, record 18, English, - cross%20cut

Record 18,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La coupe classique comportant toutes les laizes parallèles faisant un angle droit avec la chute est de loin la plus répandue.  2, record 18, French, - coupe%20normale

Record 18,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 DEF

a two-masted ship with the foremast square-rigged and a fore-and-aft mainsail.  1, record 19, English, - brigantine

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Ancien navire à deux mâts, analogue au brick.  1, record 19, French, - brigantin

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 20,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 OBS

--a large jib whose area overlaps the mainsail.  1, record 20, English, - genoa

Record 20,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 OBS

--grand foc à bordure basse, fixé sur un étai.  1, record 20, French, - g%C3%A9nois

Record 20,  Textual support,  Spanish