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atravessado 'a corrente

English translation: broadside to the current

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Portuguese term or phrase:atravessado 'a corrente
English translation:broadside to the current
Entered by: Kevin Freyburg

20:31 Jan 26, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / navigation
Portuguese term or phrase: atravessado 'a corrente
Eles (os rebocadores) so' foram acionados quando o navio ja' estava atravessado 'a corrente e certamente com o objetivo de desatravessa'-lo.
Sebastian Haywood-Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:38
broadside to the current
Explanation:
broadside = de costado, de lado
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Kevin Freyburg
Local time: 00:38
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3broadside to the current
Kevin Freyburg
4lying across the current
Martin Riordan
4sideways to the current
Guilherme Kikuchi


  

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lying across the current


Explanation:
Uma opção...

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 00:38
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sideways to the current


Explanation:
http://ourbelize.net/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1635

http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=13100

Guilherme Kikuchi
Brazil
Local time: 00:38
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broadside to the current


Explanation:
broadside = de costado, de lado

Example sentence(s):
  • Your boat will drift more rapidly by bringing her broadside to the current.

    Reference: http://www.psych.su.oz.au/vbb/woronora/maritime/working.html
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enpt/broadside
Kevin Freyburg
Local time: 00:38
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: sounds the most nautical to me
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Kashew
agree  Filipa Plant dos Santos: This is what I would put.
17 hrs
  -> Thank you Filipa
agree  Sheryle Oliver: May drift faster, but would certainly be harder to control...
21 hrs
  -> Thank you Sheryle - I guess that is why they sent in the tug boats (above)
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