parachute spinnaker

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noun Nautical.

a very large spinnaker used on a racing yacht.

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Are you the kind of criminal who steals a plane and then jumps without a parachute from high over a body of water?
I Felt Like Showering After the First-Person Sex in ‘Grand Theft Auto’|Alec Kubas-Meyer|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Daniel Craig, in his finest Bond dinner jacket, called at the Palace and invited her to parachute into the stadium with him.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland|Clive Irving|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And for wingsuit divers, the only way flight can be “real” is if one can land without a parachute.
The High-Flying Secrets of BASE Jumpers|William O’Connor|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The modern history of the flight, however, gets its start with Jacques-Sébastien Lenormand and his parachute in 1783.
The High-Flying Secrets of BASE Jumpers|William O’Connor|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The second story, which really picks up steam in the latter half of the book, is the race to land without a parachute.
The High-Flying Secrets of BASE Jumpers|William O’Connor|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The breeze kept up, and the spinnaker was carried on 'Britannia' until Cape Barfleur lights were made out right ahead.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
A parachute-arrangement broke your speed at the bottom of the track.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun
But he must have been burned some before he jumped, for he sent me a bit of his parachute, and the silk is badly scorched.
The Flying Reporter|Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
You know he was falling head foremost all this time, and the parachute jerked him upright quicker than you could wink your eye.
The Flying Reporter|Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
Tie strings to each corner of the handkerchief, he shouted into his ear, and make a little parachute.
The Flying Reporter|Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss