Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
stringere il vento
English translation:
sail close to the wind
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Wolfgang Hager
Mar 28, 2019 22:37
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capace di stringere il vento
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Contesto:
La vela latina, capace di stringere il vento, permise la perfezione della tecnica di navigazione [close-hauled] con la quale divenne practicamente possibile navigare in qualsiasi direzione, anche con vento contrario.
Grazie,
Barbara
La vela latina, capace di stringere il vento, permise la perfezione della tecnica di navigazione [close-hauled] con la quale divenne practicamente possibile navigare in qualsiasi direzione, anche con vento contrario.
Grazie,
Barbara
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | capable of sailing close to the wind |
Wolfgang Hager
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| 3 | capable of holding [engulfing / "catching"] the wind |
JohnMcDove
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Change log
Apr 1, 2019 10:37: Wolfgang Hager Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Wolfgang Hager
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capable of sailing close to the wind
as a full time single handed sailor living in Italy I know the term well.
should then continue
allowed perfecting close hauled navigation , a technique which allows sailing in virtually any direction, even unpwind.
[this is not quite true. there is alway a 80° - with my boat 100° - dead anlge]
should then continue
allowed perfecting close hauled navigation , a technique which allows sailing in virtually any direction, even unpwind.
[this is not quite true. there is alway a 80° - with my boat 100° - dead anlge]
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capable of holding [engulfing / "catching"] the wind
I guess, in a sense of "holding" as in "controlling", being able to take advantage of the wind, with maximum precision control...
That would be the idea.
That would be the idea.
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