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asymmetrical spinnakers

asymmetrical spinnakers is the plural of asymmetrical spinnaker.

Meaning of asymmetrical spinnaker

Noun

asymmetrical spinnaker (plural asymmetrical spinnakers)

  1. (yachts) A headsail which, like ordinary spinnaker is attached to the boat only in its corners, but is asymmetrically shaped. The shape makes is suitable for winds from beam reach to broad reach whereas ordinary symmetrical spinnaker is best suited for winds from run to broad reach. The tack of the asymmetrical spinnaker is usually attached to a bowsprit instead of a spinnaker pole.
    Synonyms:
    A-sail, aspin, asym, gennaker

Questions about asymmetrical spinnakers

What is asymmetrical spinnakers the plural of?
Asymmetrical spinnakers is the plural of asymmetrical spinnaker.

Words near asymmetrical spinnakers in the dictionary

  1. asymmetric synthesis
  2. asymmetric warfare
  3. asymmetrical
  4. asymmetrical meter
  5. asymmetrical spinnaker
  6. asymmetrical spinnakers
  7. asymmetrical warfare
  8. asymmetricalities
  9. asymmetricality
  10. asymmetrically
  11. asymmetricalness

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