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Look up: downwind

  1. Downwind
    [album] Downwind is an album by Pierre Moerlen`s Gong, issued in February, 1979 (see 1979 in music). Like the other Pierre Moerlen`s Gong albums, Downwind is predominantly jazz fusion and has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen`s Gong, even though the bands share a c...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwind_(a

  2. downwind
    [adj] - towards the side away from the wind 2. [adv] - in the direction the wind is blowing
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Downwind
    a)sailing with the wind astern; b) to the leeward of a boat or object
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. downwind
    in the direction that the wind is blowing; leeward. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. downwind
    lee(a) adjective towards the side away from the wind
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. downwind
    with the wind adverb in the direction the wind is blowing; `they flew downwind`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. downwind
    in the main wind direction
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  8. Downwind
    Boats sailing downwind have the wind behind them. If a boat has a spinnaker it will be used while sailing downwind.
    Found on http://www.sailing.org/olympics/basics/s

  9. Downwind
    On the opposite side from the direction from which the wind is blowing.
    Found on http://www.fact-sheets.com/science-natur

  10. Downwind
    Refers to a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine in which the hub and blades point away from the wind direction, the opposite of an Upwind turbine.
    Found on http://www.otherpower.com/glossary.html



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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