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Naviga mure a dritta

English translation: is sailing on starboard tack

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Italian term or phrase:Naviga mure a dritta
English translation:is sailing on starboard tack
Entered by: Janice Giffin

13:37 May 31, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime / notes of a solo sailor
Italian term or phrase: Naviga mure a dritta
Daily log of a solo sailor, owner of a historical sailboat. This will be an article in a new magazine about the sea. Here is the context:

"Mi inchino, beato, grato, di fronte alla meravigliosa Natura del nostro pianetino. Sotto di me la bella barca scivola al gran lasco senza sforzo, ben appoggiata, facendo tra sei e sette nodi. Naviga mure a dritta con il lungo boma fuori quel tanto che, così svergolata, la randa non sfiori le seconde crocette. Tira bene il grande fiocco leggero da lasco tenuto aperto come è dalla scotta supplementare passata alla varea del boma. "

The boat sails with a starboard tack...?
Janice Giffin
Italy
Local time: 03:48
is sailing on starboard tack
Explanation:
Tack is the alignment of a sailing vessel with respect to the wind when moving upwind: that is, when the vessel's bow is pointed within 90 degrees of the wind. If the wind is from starboard, the vessel is on "starboard tack", and if from port, on "port tack".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_(sailing)
Mure a dritta: quando il vento soffia dal lato destro e le vele si trovano quindi a sinistra dell'asse longitudinale della barca
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mure_(nautica)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1093&bih=527&noj=1&q=&qu...
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NICOLAE CIPRIAN BERCHISAN
Italy
Local time: 04:48
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is sailing on starboard tack


Explanation:
Tack is the alignment of a sailing vessel with respect to the wind when moving upwind: that is, when the vessel's bow is pointed within 90 degrees of the wind. If the wind is from starboard, the vessel is on "starboard tack", and if from port, on "port tack".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_(sailing)
Mure a dritta: quando il vento soffia dal lato destro e le vele si trovano quindi a sinistra dell'asse longitudinale della barca
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mure_(nautica)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1093&bih=527&noj=1&q=&qu...

NICOLAE CIPRIAN BERCHISAN
Italy
Local time: 04:48
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