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gybe::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | change course, jib, jibe |
| Type of | sail |
Examples of gybe
gybe
This is where the zig zagging starts in earnest as boats tack and gybe to cheat the tide.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Partial timings for the winner were 0h59 to upwind mark, 0h29 to gybe mark, 0h39 to finish.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Aviva screws up her manouevre and and we immediately gybe again round the mark and overtake her.
From the independent.co.uk
As we get close to the mark, we gybe the kite.
From the independent.co.uk
Gybe for the nautical activity.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The damage to the starboard rudder immediately sent the boat into a crash gybe and laid the boat almost flat, which took considerable time to recover from.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Gybe was reluctant to proceed to the mounting yard, and the winkers were removed with the intention of being replaced at the barrier, which didn't happen.
From the smh.com.au
But a bad tactical error on the first run saw Artemis surrender their advantage, after Outteridge tried to gybe to port but ran afoul of Barker on starboard tack and incurred a penalty.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It should become clear in the next 24 hours if Groupama and Telefonica are able to make the front or if they will need to gybe and join Camper in the north.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Jibe: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor! and commonly abbreviated to GYBE or GY!BE) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated from Montreal, Quebec in 1994. ...
- The act of gybing; A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing; A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation; A sneer. (see gibe.); To change tack with the wind crossing behind the boat. ...
- To change direction by turning down wind and then continuing to turn until you are going in the other direction.
- Also spelled jibe. To change the course of a boat so that the boom swings over to the opposite side.
- Usually spelled jibe. To change direction when sailing in a manner such that the stern of the boat passes through the eye of the wind and the boom changes sides. Prior to jibing, the boom will be very far to the side of the boat. ...
- To shift over the ooom of a fore-and-aft sail.
- Means "to swing a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailboat to the other to change course": When the wind shifted, Felix gybed when he should have tacked.
- Turning by going downwind, this means you stay behind the mast and turn your body around, the rig needs to be flipped so you are holding onto the other side of the boom.
