Adjust or alter (a sail) so that the wind no longer fills it.
you need to depower the mainsail
Example sentencesExamples
- The bending boom will flatten and depower the sail which enables the lightweight sailor to go faster in more wind.
- A fully adjustable rig allows a crew to depower in high winds - enabling both light and heavy crews to race head to head.
- This set-up is not to generate power, but to depower the rig and concentrate the power in the bottom half of the sail.
- This will flatten the upper two thirds of the mainsail and depower the sail.
- Contained in a compact package inside the spar, the double-ended system allows crew to quickly power or depower the sail from the trapeze.