Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

bras arrière

English translation:

aft brace

Added to glossary by Alexandra Hague
Jul 30, 2001 08:51
22 yrs ago
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French term

bras arrière

French to English Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime
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Bras arrière= aft brace or back beam? I have found both terms for the French.

Proposed translations

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aft brace

From link below (on trimarans):

The aft brace was moved back and its contour was accentuated in order to increase the view of the sea. With this, the boom was lengthened and the masthead rigging was moved, therefor, the surface of the main sail and the overlapping of the main sail and solent were increased.


Peer comment(s):

disagree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Not at all. In the industry, these are known as "beams", or even "cross beams".
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well, I was waiting for you to answer, skipper! I found the Web site that Alix is apparently (re)translating...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Cheers, Marcus!"
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backstay?

(except that stay is usually "hauban")
Peer comment(s):

disagree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Backstay = pataras. "Stay", usually means "forestay" (étai) and "hauban" is shroud.
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aft crossbeam, aft beam

Mega-multis have crossbeams linking the floats. Different architects have different views on what forlm these shoudl take. They are referred to as beams or cross beams.

Anything to the back (stern) of a bnoat is referred to as being "aft". That which is to the front is generally said to be "for'ard". There are nuances, but that's a starting point.
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Further to my previous comments

I checked out the link to the Atlantic Arc site where the term "aft barce" has been used in a text about Primgaz, a trimaran whose skipper was Laurent Bourgnon, Yvan Bourgnon(Bayer)'s elder brother. This strikes me as an odd exception. Elsewhere, "aft brace" is used to refer to struts used duringthe construction stage to apply pressure to either side.
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