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Look up: leeway

  1. leeway
    [n] - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Leeway
    when the dingy drifts sideways
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. leeway
    the distance a sailboat is carried to leeward by the force of the wind. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure • the amount a vessel deviates from the course steered owing to the action of the wind Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Leeway
    Lee'way` (lē'wā`) noun (Nautical) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  5. leeway
    noun (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Leeway
    • (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Leeway
    [band] Leeway is a crossover thrash band formed in Astoria, New York, USA in 1984 by guitarist A.J. Novello and vocalist Eddie Sutton under the name The Unruled. They played alongside groups such as Crumbsuckers, Prong, Ludichrist, Bad Brains, and Sick of It All at the predominantly hardcore...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeway_(ban

  8. Leeway
    Leeway is the amount of drift motion to leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the object’s forward motion. The National Search and Rescue Supplement to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual def...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeway

  9. LEEWAY
    The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  10. leeway
    • (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
    • a permissible difference; allowing freedom to move within limits

    Found on

  11. Leeway
    The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

  12. leeway
    The sideways movement of a boat.
    Found on http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-ter

  13. Leeway
    The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
    Found on http://www.yachtdeliveryasia.com/glossar

  14. Leeway
    The amount that a ship is blown leeward by the wind. See also weatherly.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of

  15. Leeway
    Distance a boat drifts off course due to wind.
    Found on http://www.seadercraft.com/sailing_gloss

  16. Leeway
    The amount that a ship is blown leeward by the wind. See also weatherly.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of



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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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