capace di stringere il vento
English translation: sail close to the wind
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / In A Book On The History Of Geographical Explorations/Discoveries | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Wolfgang Hager Italy Local time: 01:40 | ||||||
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| 5 +2 | capable of sailing close to the wind |
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| 3 | capable of holding [engulfing / "catching"] the wind |
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14 mins confidence: 
capable of holding [engulfing / "catching"] the wind Explanation: I guess, in a sense of "holding" as in "controlling", being able to take advantage of the wind, with maximum precision control... That would be the idea. |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2capable of sailing close to the wind Explanation: as a full time single handed sailor living in Italy I know the term well. should then continue allowed perfecting close hauled navigation , a technique which allows sailing in virtually any direction, even unpwind. [this is not quite true. there is alway a 80° - with my boat 100° - dead anlge] |
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