asymmetrical spinnaker

noun

variants or less commonly asymmetric spinnaker

: a spinnaker that has a forward edge that is longer than its after edge

Race director Randy Draftz said Saturday one of the Vipers was videotaped doing over 20 knots under its asymmetrical spinnaker …

—Will Haynie, Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), 20 Apr. 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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