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akufanelekanga uyiqinisa kakhulu ijibu kangangekuba ileechi ibenokuvela ngakwincam yezispreadas.
don't sheet your jib in so tightly that the leech comes up against the tips of the spreaders.

isikhephe sabetheka kumva ebanzi amaxesha ambalwa kukhulu kangangekuba seba nekutshona ngemizuzu embalwa.
the yacht struck the broad stern several times so hard that it sank in a few minutes.

oku kubangela izivunguvane nonycangeazelo kwaye kuqhawule isikhitshane ngamandla kangangekuba ingabinaku qhubekeka ukubheka phambile kwicala eliza umeya kumiswa ijib kuphela.
this causes eddies and vibration that brake the boat so strongly that it can make no more headway to windward under the jib alone.

ngaphandle kuyile twe zikhitshana zanamhlanje umgama phakathi kemphetho wendawo yokuhlala umqhubi nemphezulu wegumbi lokulala uncinci kakhulu kangangekuba akukho ndawo enokubetshelelwa kuye intambo yekutsala.
besides, in modern sailboat designs the distance between the cockpit coaming and the cabin top is so small that there is nowhere for the towline to be held.

kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba ulwakiwo lufreyinyishwe kangangekuba uqondo olufunekaye lolawule linga setyenziswa phantsi kwemeko zonke ezahlukileyo xa kukho uxolo nasemfazweni, kwaye zingatshintshwa lula ukusuka kwimeka ezithile ukuya kuthso kwezinye.
it must be remembered that the organisation is so framed that the required degree of control can be exercised under all the differing circumstances possible in peace and war, and can transfer smoothly from one set of conditions to another.

kungenzeko ukuba amadoda aye ojuleke/apheseke phyulu ngamandlokezi amakhulu kangangekuba intloke nentomo zabo ziye zophuke kumgantatho, ongentla, okanye amaqatha aba aphuke xa bebuyelaphantsi.
it could happen that men are thrown upwards with such force that their heads or necks are broken on the deck above, or their ankles are broken when they come down again.