Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
toutes voiles dehors au près
English translation:
close-hauled under full sail
French term
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Toute voile dehors au près
Les voiles
Le bateau possède une large garde-robe constituée d’une grand voile de 70 m2 en hydranet ou en tissu D4, d’un génois autovireur de 52 m2, d’un code 0 de 130m2 et d’un spi asymétrique de 180 m2.
Le plan de voilure est conçu pour faciliter, seul ou en équipage réduit, les manuvres.
Pour preuve, la grand voile est équipée de 3 ris automatiques, tout en disposant d’une grande réserve de puissance.
**Toute voile dehors au près**, le voilier affiche un ratio de plus de 10 m2 de toile par tonne, garantissant la performance par tous les temps et des sensations fortes à la barre.
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Tony M
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| 5 | In full sails, close-hauled... |
Michel F. Morin
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| 3 | pointing close to the wind |
Jack Dunwell
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reeny
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Dec 13, 2011 11:23: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/988385">claude-andrew's</a> old entry - "Toute voile dehors au près"" to ""close-hauled under full sail""
Proposed translations
close-hauled under full sail
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Note added at 48 mins (2011-12-08 18:23:51 GMT)
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Why, hello sailor!
Seriously, though, you ought to wait and see if Michael Green or Graham Maclachlan chip in, since they're the real experts here — along with several others, of course!
I've been ashore too long, I've become a land-lubber now...
| Thanks Tony - I knew I could rely on a seafaring man! |
| Modest man ... OK. By the way, (rien à voir) chemical decapsulation is now in the glossary, thanks for reminding me. |
In full sails, close-hauled...
"Toute(s) voile(s) dehors: "in full sails" (Web.Ref.2)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Points_of_sail
http://www.e-frenchtranslation.com/fr/termes_nautique.htm#tabernacle
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Tony M
: Sorry, but 'in full sails' isn't English, and your glossary, although useful, does also contain some pour translations into EN, so be wary... / As a collocation, it's perfectly possible; but not with this meaning. Beware Google!
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Well, thanks for the information. That said, Google offers 90600 hits under "in full sails"...
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: No (British) English sailor I know of would ever use this expression. I cannot speak for anywhere else, but I can speak with more than 15 years eating, drinking and breathing the professional yellow-wellie sailing circuit.
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pointing close to the wind
Feeling the balance between keeping it close and getting too close when the weight of the boat comes back under you or Sunday sailing.... way off.
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