Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large headsail having features of both a genoa and a spinnaker.
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- noun nautical A
sail having characteristics of agenoa and aspinnaker
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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You can get race news (on the Kiwi crew member who lost a finger, for example), updated photos of the beach from the "San Diego Bay-Cam" and a glossary for finding out the difference between a gennaker and a burgee.
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Franck Cammas and his men hoisted the heavy airs gennaker around 11: 00 hours UTC yesterday, with one reef in the mainsail.
YBW News 2010
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I put up the main, mizzen, and gennaker, as much sail as we could carry, and we were making a course straight for Acapulco at over 5 knots.
Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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I brought the helm around, tacking the gennaker myself, and put us on a course just west of
Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Julie took a turn at the helm for two hours, then I came back on, and after an hour or so the wind died to nothing, so I took down the gennaker and mizzen, leaving the main, and put the engine back in gear, making 1 knot again.
Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Franck Cammas and his men hoisted the heavy airs gennaker around 11: 00 hours UTC yesterday, with one reef in the mainsail.
YBW News 2010
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The situation has been beginning to get increasingly manageable since Franck Cammas and his men hoisted the heavy airs gennaker around 1100 hours UTC, with one reef in the mainsail.
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Sailing were first to round the mark and set off back towards the leeward mark with gennaker - and one hull - flying, extending their lead over the pack.
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The situation has been beginning to get increasingly manageable since Franck Cammas and his men hoisted the heavy airs gennaker around 1100 hours UTC, with one reef in the mainsail.
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They dropped the gennaker and went into the 360 deg turn around the pin end of the line with Azzurra approaching fast.
NZ On Screen 2010
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