"turn" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Turn upwind until the vessel is pointing at the victim; at this point the vessel should be on a close reach.
- Martinho noted the direction of the breeze, signaled for the shield to be turned upwind.
- Terry turned upwind and applied the wheel brakes while she ran the engines up to peak revs, testing their response.
- The engine started quickly, and Casey taxied onto the runway, turning upwind.
- A sailor can (usually involuntarily) try turning upwind in gusts (it is known as rounding up).
- Now, he was clumsily turning upwind across the troughs of the swells.
- He could hear cheering when he turned upwind and headed for the ramp.
- Then he turned upwind, and the night was suddenly quiet.
- Both carts and boats were able to turn and sail upwind.
- Oquendo, the other six Dunkirk ships and the San Juan, unable to turn upwind, fired what they could.
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