op een oor leggen

English translation: heel it over

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Dutch term or phrase:op een oor leggen
English translation:heel it over
Entered by: Alexander Schleber (X)

13:37 Oct 11, 2007
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Sailing
Dutch term or phrase: op een oor leggen
"Bij het meer aankomen staat er inderdaad een lekker windje en als we eenmaal op pad zijn kunnen we de boot, met een koers hoog aan de wind, mooi op één oor leggen."

Who knows how to say this is sailing terms?

TIA
Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 20:53
heel it over
Explanation:
'heel it over nicely' in this case

sample refs:

Sailing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With a 35 degree tacking angle on either side of the wind, ..... As a sailing boat heels over beyond a certain angle, it begins to sail less efficiently. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing

PDRacer Sailboat
When tacking thru the wind, the boat gets stuck in irons and the sail acts ... works well is to sit on the down wind side of the hull, and heel it over.


and in a slightly context, but OK if you want to emphasise the amount of heel:

Canadian Canoe Routes - A Meeting Place for Canadian Wilderness ...
The boat has excellant secondary stability which allows you to heel it over to the gunwhales for this style of paddling with no fear of capsizing-although I ...
www.myccr.com/SectionGear/GearDetailedInformation.php?Gear_...

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-10-11 13:53:53 GMT)
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make that 'slightly different context'
Selected response from:

Ken Cox
Local time: 20:53
Grading comment
Thanks Ken, great.
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heel it over


Explanation:
'heel it over nicely' in this case

sample refs:

Sailing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With a 35 degree tacking angle on either side of the wind, ..... As a sailing boat heels over beyond a certain angle, it begins to sail less efficiently. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing

PDRacer Sailboat
When tacking thru the wind, the boat gets stuck in irons and the sail acts ... works well is to sit on the down wind side of the hull, and heel it over.


and in a slightly context, but OK if you want to emphasise the amount of heel:

Canadian Canoe Routes - A Meeting Place for Canadian Wilderness ...
The boat has excellant secondary stability which allows you to heel it over to the gunwhales for this style of paddling with no fear of capsizing-although I ...
www.myccr.com/SectionGear/GearDetailedInformation.php?Gear_...

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-10-11 13:53:53 GMT)
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make that 'slightly different context'

Ken Cox
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Ken, great.

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