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French translation: au près

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English term or phrase:	on the beat
French translation:	au près
Entered by:	SolenFillatre

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11:50 Sep 15, 2011

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Ships, Sailing, Maritime

English term or phrase: on the beat

this is a series of sailing exercice. One of them is called "on the beat" and consists in doing 5 tacks

SolenFillatre KudoZ activity Questions: 209 (none open) (30 closed without grading) Answers: 67 France
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au près

Explanation:
Il faudrait mieux voir le contexte pour être affirmatif. Mais je pense qu'il s'agit de "beat the weather" (remonter au vent), càd naviguer au près en virant de bord (tacking)

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rodolpheT
France
Local time: 17:26

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Thank you all for the answers and precious references
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4 +3	au près	rodolpheT

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Allures

Sandra Mouton

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12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

au près

Explanation:
Il faudrait mieux voir le contexte pour être affirmatif. Mais je pense qu'il s'agit de "beat the weather" (remonter au vent), càd naviguer au près en virant de bord (tacking)

Example sentence(s):

Quand le changement d'amure se fait debout au vent on parle de virement de bord au près,

Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virement_de_bord

rodolpheT
France
Local time: 17:26
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PRO pts in category: 48

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Thank you all for the answers and precious references

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53 mins

Reference: Allures

Reference information:
Explication comparées dans les deux langues sur les allures

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Points_of_sail
Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allure_%28marine%29

Sandra Mouton
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

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