we tacked
Past we conjugation of tack.
At that point we were heading towards Tasmania but we tacked back and went south again, and it came in.
À cet instant-là, nous avons navigué en direction de la Tasmanie, mais avons ensuite viré Sud à nouveau et avons attrapé ce courant.
We just took a simple sailing boat and we tried to pull something long and heavy, but as we tacked back and forth, what we lost was two things: we were losing pulling power and direction.
Nous avons juste pris un simple bateau et nous avons essayé de traîner quelque chose de long et lourd, mais lorsqu'on changeait de direction, nous perdions deux choses : nous perdions de la puissance ainsi que notre trajectoire.
We tacked on to port tack to avoid the worst of the waves, but then water started coming into the boat.
Nous avons longé la côte afin d’éviter les plus grandes vagues, mais l’embarcation commençait à prendre l’eau.
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