Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 28, 2009 18:34
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Italian term
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ala poppiera
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
This is from an incident report filed by a ship's captain.
Dai controlli effetuati si riscontrava la presenza di una grossa rete da pesca con materiale tecnica da pesca impigliata nell'elica di sinistra e l'ala poppiera.
Dai controlli effetuati si riscontrava la presenza di una grossa rete da pesca con materiale tecnica da pesca impigliata nell'elica di sinistra e l'ala poppiera.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | the stern foil |
Tom in London
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| 4 | astern wing |
Being Earnest
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the stern foil
from your other post, I have deduced that the craft is a hydrofoil.
Note from asker:
| Could you explain why, please? I'm not an expert on hydrofoils. |
| Yes, Tom, you're quite right - it is a hydrofoil. I went for "aft foil" as it gets more Google hits. |
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astern wing
the phrase does not make sense as the wings are usually on the bridge: one to left (port) and one to right (starboard). Poppiera is towards the stern or aft and mostly called astern.
This is the translation
This is the translation
Note from asker:
| Thanks very much. Actually we wouldn't say "astern wing" (you could say the wing is astern), but your mention of the word aft got me searching again, and I came up with aft wing, which I think is the correct term: "The areas under the tween deck are called the wings. A wing on the left side of a ship is called a port wing and on the right side it is a starboard wing. The wing toward the bow is the forward wing and the wing toward the rear or stern of the ship is the aft wing." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/55-17/ch2.htm So you helped me to find what I think is the correct the answer -thanks. |
| Hi Earnest - I'm sorry, I didn't realize the vessel was a hydrofoil. I think "stern wing" would have been correct in a non-hydrofoil context, but not here. But thanks very much. |
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