Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
angolo di bolina
English translation:
upwind angle
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Fiona Grace Peterson
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angolo di bolina
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Water sports (kiteboarding)
From an article describing the various sub-disciplines of powerkiting and kiteboarding, and the different types of board used in the various disciplines. Various entries in the glossary for "bolina", but I'm struggling with the precise term for this context.
Many thanks.
"Queste tavole (monodirezionali) navigano solo in una direzione: l'estremità che funge da prua è triangolare e sagomata per solcare il mare, l'altra è più larga e dotata di pinne; questo permette di dare una direzione più raffinata alla planata anche quando la velocità sull'acqua è elevata o se le forze idrodinamiche prevalgono sulla pressione del vento: come avviene quando si surfano le onde.
Durante le gare di velocità (course racing, speed racing) invece, una tavola direzionale è preferita perché sono richieste pinne molto grandi per ottenere ***angoli di bolina*** ottimali e queste devono essere posizionate alla sola estremità posteriore della tavola."
Many thanks.
"Queste tavole (monodirezionali) navigano solo in una direzione: l'estremità che funge da prua è triangolare e sagomata per solcare il mare, l'altra è più larga e dotata di pinne; questo permette di dare una direzione più raffinata alla planata anche quando la velocità sull'acqua è elevata o se le forze idrodinamiche prevalgono sulla pressione del vento: come avviene quando si surfano le onde.
Durante le gare di velocità (course racing, speed racing) invece, una tavola direzionale è preferita perché sono richieste pinne molto grandi per ottenere ***angoli di bolina*** ottimali e queste devono essere posizionate alla sola estremità posteriore della tavola."
Proposed translations
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| 4 | upwind angle |
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| 3 | apparent wind angle |
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upwind angle
oppure close-hauled course angle
Andature contro il vento
1. bolina per vento che proviene tra le sei e le quattro quarte da prua. Si può inoltre distinguere tra:
• bolina stretta (40 - 45 gradi al vento reale)
• bolina larga (45 - 55 gradi al vento reale )
Close hauled
A boat is sailing close hauled (also called beating or working to windward) when its sails are trimmed in tightly and it is sailing as close to the wind as it can without entering the no go zone. This point of sail lets the boat travel diagonally to the wind direction, or "upwind". Sails act in a similar fashion to wings; the flow of air over the outside of the curve creates lift that pulls the boat through the water. A boat is considered to be "pinching" or "feathering" if the helmsman tries to sail above an efficient close-hauled course and the sails begin to luff slightly. This can be an effective technique to maintain control of the boat on a windy day by "de-powering", or stalling the sail's lift slightly, but is otherwise inefficient.
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Typical minimum pointing angles to the true wind are as follows.
about 35° for modern racing yachts which have been optimized for upwind performance (like America's Cup yachts)
about 40 to 45° for modern cruiser-racer yachts (fast cruising yachts)
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https://www.google.it/search?q=point angle (sailing)&tbm=isc...
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Note added at 12 ore (2014-03-16 10:42:16 GMT)
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Beating
Beating is the procedure by which a ship moves on a zig-zag course to make progress directly into the wind (upwind). No sailing vessel can move directly upwind (though that may be the desired direction). Beating allows the vessel to advance indirectly upwind.
A ship that is beating will sail as close to the wind as possible; this position is known as close hauled. In general, the closest angle to the wind that a ship can sail is around 35 to 45 degrees. Some modern yachts can sail very near to the wind, while older ships, especially square-rigged ships, were much worse at it.
Andature contro il vento
1. bolina per vento che proviene tra le sei e le quattro quarte da prua. Si può inoltre distinguere tra:
• bolina stretta (40 - 45 gradi al vento reale)
• bolina larga (45 - 55 gradi al vento reale )
Close hauled
A boat is sailing close hauled (also called beating or working to windward) when its sails are trimmed in tightly and it is sailing as close to the wind as it can without entering the no go zone. This point of sail lets the boat travel diagonally to the wind direction, or "upwind". Sails act in a similar fashion to wings; the flow of air over the outside of the curve creates lift that pulls the boat through the water. A boat is considered to be "pinching" or "feathering" if the helmsman tries to sail above an efficient close-hauled course and the sails begin to luff slightly. This can be an effective technique to maintain control of the boat on a windy day by "de-powering", or stalling the sail's lift slightly, but is otherwise inefficient.
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Note added at 11 ore (2014-03-16 10:11:12 GMT)
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Typical minimum pointing angles to the true wind are as follows.
about 35° for modern racing yachts which have been optimized for upwind performance (like America's Cup yachts)
about 40 to 45° for modern cruiser-racer yachts (fast cruising yachts)
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Note added at 11 ore (2014-03-16 10:24:35 GMT)
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https://www.google.it/search?q=point angle (sailing)&tbm=isc...
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Note added at 12 ore (2014-03-16 10:42:16 GMT)
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Beating
Beating is the procedure by which a ship moves on a zig-zag course to make progress directly into the wind (upwind). No sailing vessel can move directly upwind (though that may be the desired direction). Beating allows the vessel to advance indirectly upwind.
A ship that is beating will sail as close to the wind as possible; this position is known as close hauled. In general, the closest angle to the wind that a ship can sail is around 35 to 45 degrees. Some modern yachts can sail very near to the wind, while older ships, especially square-rigged ships, were much worse at it.
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nella stessa posizione rispetto alla direzione da cui proviene il vento e quindi ha sempre lo stesso angolo di bolina (Apparent Wind Angle). L'intensità del vento ...
www.ignazioviola.com/.../Viola_Nautech2006.pdf
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nella stessa posizione rispetto alla direzione da cui proviene il vento e quindi ha sempre lo stesso angolo di bolina (Apparent Wind Angle). L'intensità del vento ...
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