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QUILLE-AILERON [1 record]

Record 1 2014-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A finlike projection extending downward from the keel of a sailboat, serving to prevent lateral motion and acting as additional ballast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Quille réduite, effilée en forme d'aileron, construite sur les yachts de course à partir de 1889 pour réduire les massifs avant et arrière de la coque, porter le lest de plus bas possible à la manière d'une dérive et accroître la tenue au vent.

OBS

Le premier yacht ainsi équipé d'une quille-nageoire fut le «Humming Bird», de l'architecte naval A.E. Payne (1889).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
DEF

Quilla corta, pero de superficie bastante grande, de forma trapezoidal o comparable a la aleta de un pez, que, al igual que la orza, limita la deriva y aumenta la estabilidad de las embarcaciones de regata y de los yates pequeños.

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