mer allant de l'arrière à l'avant du travers
English translation: in following seas, head seas and beam seas
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| 4 +1 | in following seas, head seas and beam seas |
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peer agreement (net): +1| mer allant de l\'arrière à l\'avant du travers in following seas, head seas and beam seas Explanation: http://www.thehulltruth.com/gulf-coast/656260-glacier-bay-gu... See diagram about half-way down http://www.boatus.com/magazine/trailering/2012/september/sta... http://www.knotsandboats.com/2013/06/sea-conditions.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2017-03-19 00:53:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Lori, I see what you are getting at: "... une mer (allant de l'avant à l'arrière) (du travers)". My suggestion supposes a punctuation that is not there, and that does not fit in any event. In that case, here's my new suggestion: "in conditions ranging from a from a head quartering to a following quartering sea". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2017-03-19 00:59:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- When a boat "fait du travers", she has the sea coming broad side on, in a line directly parallel to the fore-and-aft line (l'axe du navire). But, in effect, here, this construction of the sentence is, as Tony points out, "allant de... à". I'd seen it that but couldn't make sens of it that way first. I then supposed it was a punctuation thing. But no, Tony is right, the "allant de... à" is indeed there and both are dependent upon "du travers". So there are not three elements, but two: - head quartering sea - following quartering sea -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2017-03-19 01:20:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Perhaps just more simply put "in quartering seas", which covers both? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2017-03-19 01:21:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1IUSh433Gk -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2017-03-19 01:23:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hang on : "in fore and aft quartering seas" to cover both more accurately? https://www.dhigroup.com/global/news/2016/01/transporting-a-... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2017-03-19 01:27:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Better still, "... in conditions ranging from fore- to aft quartering seas" |
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