spinnaker

Converse of object

• hoist: It is unseamanlike for a yacht to hoist a spinnaker in the congested waters above the College of Maritime Studies jetty.
• fly: We were slowly being passed by yachts flying colorful spinnakers.
• drop: The wind shifted and we took a heading heading slightly toward Brixham before dropping the spinnaker, hardening up and making for Dartmouth.
• use: There was split decision about using the spinnaker on the reach.
• have: Of course if you have a spinnaker in the chute it stops the water getting in!
• put: We put a spinnaker on, and it got quite windy and the waves got big.

Adjective modifier

• asymmetric: Laser 3000 Association website RS 400 A 4.5 meter high performance boat with the excitement of the asymmetric spinnaker.
• colorful: We were slowly being passed by yachts flying colorful spinnakers.
• conventional: However there is still room to learn on transom main boats and conventional spinnakers, so everyone's tastes are catered for.
• heavy: Exactly the same thing happened in the Southern Ocean to the other pole, with serious collateral damage to the heavy weight spinnaker.
• huge: You will find downwind sailing under that huge spinnaker exciting.
• symmetric: This was altered in 1928 to the current spruce Bermudan rig with the symmetric spinnaker being adopted in 1969.

Modifies a noun

• halyard: Echo took fourth place but Bertie retired after losing her spinnaker halyard up the mast.
• pole: However, we have to keep a constant eye on the spinnaker pole, which has developed a mind of its own.
• sail: All that was missing was a spinnaker sail to assist us up the steep Down Uplands.
• sheet: Then we had the problem that we were only rigged with single spinnaker sheets.
• bag: The chute works - although I am told spinnaker bags are better.
• work: But not their spinnaker work - the race officer had decided that the conditions were too severe for them to be deployed.

Noun used with modifier

• weight: Exactly the same thing happened in the Southern Ocean to the other pole, with serious collateral damage to the heavy weight spinnaker.