spinnaker

noun, verb — 2 senses

noun

UK /ˈspɪnəkə/ · US /ˈspɪnəkɚ/

Nautical, Sailing, Transport A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.

verb

Nautical, Sailing, Transport To sail using a spinnaker

On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies:
We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.2010, Pete Goss, Close to the Wind:

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