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oblique sailing
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Japanese Meaning
船が四方位の間、一定の羅針（定角）に基づいて、子午線と斜めの角度をなして航行する様子。 / 船が正四方向（北、東、南、西）の中間の羅針に沿って、斜めに進む航法のこと。
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(nautical) The movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian.
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oblique sailing
To cross the sound efficiently, the navigator preferred oblique sailing, keeping a steady rhumb between the cardinal points rather than tacking.
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To cross the sound efficiently, the navigator preferred oblique sailing, keeping a steady rhumb between the cardinal points rather than tacking.
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