voile de portant
English translation: downwind sail (running sail)
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| 00:44 Feb 14, 2008 |
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|  Selected response from: Graham macLachlan Local time: 16:45 | ||||||
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| 5 +2 | running sails |
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| 4 +2 | downwind sails |
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| 5 | spinnaker |
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| 5 | main sail, gennaker, spinnaker |
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| 3 | Gennaker |
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spinnaker Explanation: Un spinnaker (ou spi) est une voile d'avant très légère et très creuse hissée aux allures portantes Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnaker |
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peer agreement (net): +2downwind sails Explanation: Compared with other types of rig, the modern bermudan sail plan is highly efficient to windward. Downwind, though, it's a different story - and that's where spinnakers and cruising chutes come in. Not so long ago, lightweight downwind sails were regarded by many cruising sailors as the exclusive preserve of the racing fraternity, who employed vast crews to tussle with acres of unruly spinnaker nylon. www.kempsails.com/da/11267 Being the only boat in the fleet using UK Halsey Sails it was clear that the designs of the downwind sails were exceptionally fast, coupled with good speed ... www.uksails.co.uk/da/53424 Là, le spi est donc de sortie car il en avait marre d'être au fond du bateau en ...... mon nouveau gennaker (voile de portant) qui marche très très bien. ... www.cecileenmer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2008-02-14 05:27:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "downwind sail" in your case -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2008-02-14 05:28:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Comme le spi est une voile de portant, il se gonfle dès qu’on le hisse. Le moment de hisser ou d’affaler ne ... www.moniteur-voile.net/forum.php3?id_article=11 |
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