beam wind

[ wind ]

noun

, Nautical.

1. a wind blowing against a vessel from a direction at right angles to its keel.

Example Sentences

The surface was good, but a strong beam wind hindered us while approaching the head of Depot Bay.

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But her faith in the boat was justified, for she sailed wonderfully well with the beam wind.

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On a stormy day, with beam wind for a considerable part of the course, such an appendage will undoubtedly assist a sculler.

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The St. Pierre shook out her bellying sails and the white sheets drew to a full beam wind.

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The latter method is one way of “coming to,” instead of luffing up in the usual way from a beam wind.

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