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(upside down)
A boat is said to be turtling or to turn turtle when it is fully inverted.[1][2] The name stems from the appearance of the upside-down boat, similar to the carapace (top shell) of a sea turtle.[3][A][B] The term can be applied to any vessel; turning turtle is less frequent but more dangerous on ships than on smaller boats.[C][4] It is rarer but more hazardous for multihulls than for monohulls, because multihulls are harder to flip in both directions. Measures can be taken to prevent a capsize (where the boat is knocked over on its beam-ends but not yet inverted) from becoming a turtle (with bottom up).[5][6][7][8]
- ^ "turtle, turn turtle (of a boat) to turn over completely while sailing". Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Definition of turtle in English "turn turtle" (chiefly of a boat) turn upside down: ". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Naval Slang Dictionary" (PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ George 1984, p. 82-9.
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f15was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Rousmaniere, John (22 October 2011). "Youth sailing 420 tragedy on Severn River report - Organizations". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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