club haul

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Definition von club haul im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: to tack a square-rigged sailing ship in a narrow space by using a lee anchor to turn the ship
clubhaul: A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns sharply into the wind) by dropping one of the front anchors, the intent being to snag the anchor on the seabed and use the ship's momentum to swing it around faster than could otherwise be accomplished; it is essentially a nautical handbrake turn
clubhaul: Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency
clubhaul: A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns sharply into the wind) by dropping one of the front anchors, the intent being to snag the anchor on the seabed and use the ships momentum to swing it around faster than could otherwise be accomplished; it is essentially a nautical handbrake turn
clubhaul: To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack