Spinnaker

Definition

spinnaker /'spÇnǝkǝ(r)/ n (ၿပိဳင္ေလွ၏ေရွ႕ဆံုး ရြက္တိုင္မွ လႊင့္သည့္) ေလစုန္ႀတိဂံရြက္ႀကီး။ ❍ YACHT

Examples

1. ‘IT'S one of those dynamically bright mornings when Sydney is at its most Olympian
2. with the sky rippling like the spinnakers on the yachts dashing across the harbour.’
3. ‘A weekend sailor
4. Gehry wondered how to design the space between the mast and a spinnaker blown full by the wind
5. and he shows us just how with this brilliant installation: Gehry sculpts.’
6. ‘But the crews are sailing downwind with the spinnaker up.’
7. ‘A sail blows off the foredeck and a spinnaker drum jams so they can't jibe on the downwind leg.’
8. ‘But from a distance
9. say on a charter boat coming from Phuket
10. the whitened cliffs catch the sun and shine like spinnakers in a yachting regatta
11. locked side by side in a never-moving race.’
12. ‘As a spinnaker
13. often used in yacht racing
14. cannot be fitted to the ultra-streamlined trimaran
15. speed had to be sacrificed.’
16. ‘The start was really spectacular
17. with the cruisers and three dinghies setting spinnakers as all 53 boats broad-reached toward the eastern end of Spike
18. a fast passage with the last of the flood.’
19. ‘Whenever her dad needs a new spinnaker or satellite navigation system
20. another cottage or parcel of land gets sold.’
21. ‘Night Train had not yet set its spinnaker when the two people were spotted in the water
22. 150 yards away.’
23. ‘A larger headsail and cruising spinnaker are nice to have for beam reaching and running in light air but many owners find the mainsail and 120% jib work just fine.’
24. ‘Women sailors ranging in age from their 20s to grandmothers brushed up or learned new skills in on-the-water sessions in sail trim
25. spinnakers
26. crew-overboard drills and life raft deployment.’
27. ‘When the breeze picked up to 35 kts we dropped the spinnaker
28. gybed
29. set the headsail and started heading back inshore to catch the cold front moving in from the south-west.’
30. ‘The 2000 race was another typical adventure
31. with spinnakers set for the first eight hours until the wind moved to the south-west and increased to gale force during the next two days.’
32. ‘The large panniers at the back held the main sail and the spinnaker.’
33. ‘Setting a spinnaker involves keeping the boat steady with the wind behind while the spinnaker sail is raised.’
34. ‘The other crew with a spinnaker up momentarily lost control of the sail.’
35. ‘Both the 470s and the 49ers also have an additional sail for downwind
36. called a spinnaker.’
37. ‘On racing days
38. on many if not most courses
39. every competing yacht needed to raise its spinnaker directly under my balcony.’
40. ‘Seeing two runners limbering up on the deck of a yacht while you race spinnaker is quite fun.’
41. ‘Show your support and love of boating by choosing the card that depicts an exhilarating ride on a powerboat or the card that features a sailboat with spinnaker flying.’