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Nov 14, 2008 11:49
15 yrs ago
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French term
France
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Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
bord de près
French to English
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"l’enjeu principal de ce premier **bord de près** qui entraîne l’ensemble des bateaux plein ouest est de choper la bascule de vent au nord-ouest qui accompagnera inéluctablement le passage du front dépressionnaire dans la nuit"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | close-haul tack |
Susannah Bayley
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| 4 | to sail to windward close-hauled |
Drmanu49
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| 4 | windward leg |
Michael GREEN
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Proposed translations
+1
8 mins
close-haul tack
both terms are found in the link below
de près - close-haul
bord - tack.
de près - close-haul
bord - tack.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
0 min
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| neutral |
Michael GREEN
: If you are close-hauled, you are necessarily on a tack// a "close-hauled tack" is a "bord de près serré"
52 mins
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| neutral |
Drmanu49
: tack is not mentioned here
5 hrs
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4 mins
to sail to windward close-hauled
Usual term with tacking
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-11-14 18:16:21 GMT)
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close-hauled on a windward course
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-11-14 18:16:21 GMT)
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close-hauled on a windward course
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Michael GREEN
: If you are close-hauled, you are obviously sailing to windward :) /// You're forgiven - but how do you fit "sailing to windward" into "ce premier bord de près" ?
54 mins
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the or is missing sorry. close-hauled on a windward course
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1 hr
windward leg
a "bord" is actually difficult to translate exactly into English (try translating "tirer des bords au portant ...").
What the guy is talking about is the first leg to windward in a race.
"Bord" can reasonably be translated by "leg" here
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-14 13:01:44 GMT)
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And "....This keeps the halyard under control on the windward leg."
http://www.sailingworld.com/from-the-experts/technique/fast-...
"They have indicated that they will be sailing course 4 at a distance of 2 miles, shortening the second windward leg to 1.5 miles"
http://www.melges24worlds2008.com/
There are 79 000 ghits so tzke your pick ;))
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-11-14 18:26:24 GMT)
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To make my answer perfectly clear (I'm not sure that it is), the phrase should be translated:
"the key issue in this first **windward leg** which takes (or is taking - depends on context) all the fleet (or boats/competitors/what you will) due west, is ..."
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Note added at 5 days (2008-11-20 07:32:32 GMT)
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I should be interested to know what "other" solution Asker found here ....
:)
What the guy is talking about is the first leg to windward in a race.
"Bord" can reasonably be translated by "leg" here
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-14 13:01:44 GMT)
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And "....This keeps the halyard under control on the windward leg."
http://www.sailingworld.com/from-the-experts/technique/fast-...
"They have indicated that they will be sailing course 4 at a distance of 2 miles, shortening the second windward leg to 1.5 miles"
http://www.melges24worlds2008.com/
There are 79 000 ghits so tzke your pick ;))
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-11-14 18:26:24 GMT)
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To make my answer perfectly clear (I'm not sure that it is), the phrase should be translated:
"the key issue in this first **windward leg** which takes (or is taking - depends on context) all the fleet (or boats/competitors/what you will) due west, is ..."
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Note added at 5 days (2008-11-20 07:32:32 GMT)
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I should be interested to know what "other" solution Asker found here ....
:)
Example sentence:
the first windward leg of any race is critically important
Reference:
Discussion
http://www.wellesley.edu/Athletics/PE/sailing/sailing_fig3.h...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Près_(voile)
"Un bord de près" is a leg (or a course) to windward.