on a starboard tack
- Examples
It is clear that on a starboard tack with the broken rudder in the water, the boat is losing almost 30% of her speed. | Está claro que amurado a estribor, con la pala rota en el agua, el barco pierde casi un 30% de velocidad. |
The privateer was passing down the transport's side, about a cable clear, her yards braced round to hold her on a starboard tack? | El corsario cruzaba el rumbo del transporte al menos a la distancia de un cable, con las vergas cazadas para obligarla a virar por avante, a estribor. |
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