gybe

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
2. fiil Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
3. fiil Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
4. fiil Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
5. isim A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
6. isim A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.

   “The key to a good gybe is to bring the spinnaker round to the old weather side before you begin, and then to steer to keep some wind in the kite.”

7. isim A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
8. isim Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).
9. fiil Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).