spinnaker
IPA: spˈɪnʌkɝ
noun
- (nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.
verb
- (nautical) To sail using a spinnaker
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Examples of "spinnaker" in Sentences
- Rigging the symmetric spinnaker.
- Rigging the asymmetric spinnaker.
- The most common extra is the spinnaker.
- For a spinnaker, the corner is the tack.
- It is a sloop rigged scow with a spinnaker.
- A spinnaker may be set for flying downwind.
- Fast and exciting with trapeze and spinnaker 3.
- For the spinnaker it has a retractable bowsprit.
- For a spinnaker, the line is the guy, and the corner is the tack.
- A large spinnaker was carried on a spinnaker boom when running down wind.
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