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leeward courses

English translation: upwind then downwind races

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English term or phrase:windward-leeward courses
Selected answer:upwind then downwind races
Entered by: sara alnuaimi

07:19 Feb 11, 2013
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime / conducted on windward leeward courses
English term or phrase: leeward courses
The sailing competition will be fleet races conducted on windward leeward courses.

tyhe required expression is "on windward leeward courses".

Thank u in advance.
sara alnuaimi
Local time: 23:52
upwind then downwind races
Explanation:
Careful of parsing here - windward and leeward are separate words, but in your context here they go together.

"The windward-leeward course has two marks: one toward the wind and one directly downwind. In this course, you must tack upwind to round the first (windward) mark, then sail downwind to round the second (leeward) mark and then sail upwind to cross the finish line."
http://www.sailingcourse.com/racing/windward-leeward_course....

Diagramme:
http://www.yachting.org.au/sa/course/Windward_Leeward.html

"Windward-Leeward Course

The preferred configuration is the windward-leeward course, because both the upwind and downwind legs are considered tactical for all classes of boats in all wind ranges, whether spinnaker boats or not. The only case when it should not be selected is if the wind is blowing across the short axis of the lake, resulting in a small course area which would become crowded if there were multiple fleets racing as is the case in club racing."
http://www.clsa.us/Courses.htm

also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward_and_leeward

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Note added at 21 mins (2013-02-11 07:40:32 GMT)
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Course here is the course the race must take
Selected response from:

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 23:52
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +2windward/leeward courses (into wind, wind behind)
Jack Doughty
4 +2upwind then downwind races
Catharine Cellier-Smart


  

Answers


20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
windward/leeward courses (into wind, wind behind)


Explanation:
I think it should be "windward and leeward courses" or "windward/leeward course" to make the meaning clearer.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): I agree.
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  eski
7 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
windward-leeward courses
upwind then downwind races


Explanation:
Careful of parsing here - windward and leeward are separate words, but in your context here they go together.

"The windward-leeward course has two marks: one toward the wind and one directly downwind. In this course, you must tack upwind to round the first (windward) mark, then sail downwind to round the second (leeward) mark and then sail upwind to cross the finish line."
http://www.sailingcourse.com/racing/windward-leeward_course....

Diagramme:
http://www.yachting.org.au/sa/course/Windward_Leeward.html

"Windward-Leeward Course

The preferred configuration is the windward-leeward course, because both the upwind and downwind legs are considered tactical for all classes of boats in all wind ranges, whether spinnaker boats or not. The only case when it should not be selected is if the wind is blowing across the short axis of the lake, resulting in a small course area which would become crowded if there were multiple fleets racing as is the case in club racing."
http://www.clsa.us/Courses.htm

also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward_and_leeward

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Note added at 21 mins (2013-02-11 07:40:32 GMT)
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Course here is the course the race must take

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 23:52
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Dunwell: Yes, perhaps "legs" (oh, i see this is mentioned in yr ref!!)
2 hrs
  -> thank you Fourth!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
  -> thank you
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