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navegar con los alicios en la bajada del Atlántico

English translation: riding the trade winds down the Atlantic


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Spanish term or phrase:navegar con los alicios en la bajada del Atlántico
English translation:riding the trade winds down the Atlantic
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy
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15:35 Jun 15, 2011
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Spanish term or phrase: navegar con los alicios en la bajada del Atlántico
For the UK.

Not sure how to phrase this correctly:

Can I say "sailing down wind with the 'alisios' in the Atlantic"?? or "sailing down the Atlantic with the alisios winds"?? I'm sure there's a better way to express it.

Una vez terminas la regata, por supuesto todo se transforma en satisfacción. Pero realmente navegar por el sur quizá es lo más espectacular.

Creo que **navegar con los alicios (vientos) en la bajada del Atlántico** es una cosa fantástica.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 18:18
riding the trade winds down the Atlantic
Explanation:

This seems to be a fairly popular way of putting it in the world of Yachting.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q="riding the trade winds...


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Note added at 21 mins (2011-06-15 15:57:17 GMT)
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The trade winds are quite fast, hence 'riding' them.
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 18:18
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Thanks James!
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4riding the trade winds down the Atlantic
James A. Walsh
3 +1sailing down the Atlantic with the trade winds
Gilla Evans


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sailing down the Atlantic with the trade winds


Explanation:
Not 100% sure that it is simply sailing down the Atlantic, but I am sure that we call them the Trade Winds or trade winds, not alisios winds.

Gilla Evans
Local time: 17:18
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agree  Muses Inc: Trade winds is correct; one sails (with) the trade winds; A friend and I recently discussed this: 'how did Columbus know about the trade winds (los vientos alisios), but more important: how did he know how to sail back?'
11 hrs
  -> thanks Muses, he must have learnt to tack!
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
navegar con los alicios en la bajada del Atlántico
riding the trade winds down the Atlantic


Explanation:

This seems to be a fairly popular way of putting it in the world of Yachting.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q="riding the trade winds...


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Note added at 21 mins (2011-06-15 15:57:17 GMT)
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The trade winds are quite fast, hence 'riding' them.


    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vientos_alisios
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_wind
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 18:18
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PRO pts in category: 20
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Thanks James!
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