pitchpole
English
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[edit]pitchpole (third-person singular simple present pitchpoles, present participle pitchpoling, simple past and past participle pitchpoled)
- (of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- Pitchpoling is the most dangerous way a boat can capsize.
- Pitchpoling occurs when the bow buries itself in the wave ahead while the wave behind lifts the aft section up and over.
- 1977 February, Ben Kocivar, “How to get started in hot-rod sailing”, in Popular Science, volume 210, number 2, page 111:
- The advanced design of new cats makes pitchpoling less likely.