Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The foresail or the mainsail of a schooner: so called because when the schooner is running before the wind these sails are often boomed out on opposite sides of the vessel, which is then said to be sailing wing-and-wing.
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Examples
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BMW Oracle, owned by US software tycoon Larry Ellison, claim their boat USA, featuring a wing-sail twice the size of that on a Boeing 747 plane, can reach speeds of 40 knots and slice along with one hull lifted 30 feet in the air.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Powered by its wing-sail, Oracle extended its lead over Alinghi over the next two legs, clocking a speed of 33 knots at one point with its owner Larry Ellison onboard in the afterguard position as a late addition to the crew.
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Oracle's Auckland-based mastman Matthew Mason agreed the swell would be the determining factor in whether the US-Challengers 'wing-sail powered triamaran USA-17 and the Swiss syndicates' catamaran Alinghi 5 are finally unleashed.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By KENT GRAY in Valencia 2010
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The 72-foot (22-metre) wing-sail catamarans will be "pretty special, very powerful and very demanding", the four-time America's Cup winning New Zealander added.
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The 72-foot (22-metre) wing-sail catamarans will be "pretty special, very powerful and very demanding", the four-time America's Cup winning New Zealander added.
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The 72-foot (22-metre) wing-sail catamarans will be "pretty special, very powerful and very demanding", the four-time America's Cup winning New Zealander added.
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The 22-metre wing-sail catamarans will be "pretty special, very powerful and very demanding",
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BMW Oracle, owned by US software tycoon Larry Ellison, claim their boat USA, featuring a wing-sail twice the size of that on a Boeing 747 plane, can reach speeds of 40 knots and slice along with one hull lifted 30 feet in the air.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Oracle's Auckland-based mastman Matthew Mason agreed the swell would be the determining factor in whether the US-Challengers 'wing-sail powered triamaran USA-17 and the Swiss syndicates' catamaran Alinghi 5 are finally unleashed.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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