Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
удерживать судно в разрез волне
English translation:
to hold vessel heading into the wave
Russian term
United Kingdom
Native in: Bulgarian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Bulgarian to English, English to Bulgarian, and 2 more.
удерживать судно в разрез волне
"При наличии волнения и ветра, подрабатывая машиной, попытаться удерживать судно в разрез волне на период ремонта."
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| 3 | to keep vessel across the wave |
Farida Vyachkileva
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| 3 +2 | steer the ship into the wave |
GaryG
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| 3 | lie headed directly into the waves |
Rachel Douglas
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Nov 18, 2009 15:51: Farida Vyachkileva Created KOG entry
Nov 18, 2009 22:56: gentiane192 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/57110">Farida Vyachkileva's</a> old entry - "удерживать судно в разрез волне"" to ""to keep vessel across the wave""
Nov 19, 2009 06:05: Farida Vyachkileva changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/787703">gentiane192's</a> old entry - "удерживать судно в разрез волне"" to ""to hold vessel heading into the wave""
Proposed translations
Over 30-year translation experience
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
to keep vessel across the wave
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Note added at 20 mins (2009-11-16 17:01:35 GMT)
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Sorry, heading into wave
steer the ship into the wave
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Note added at 27 mins (2009-11-16 17:08:38 GMT)
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OK, not "steer" but apparently a ship's captain has some way of "pointing" the ship at the wave even if the steering is damaged (but perhaps not entirely unresponsive) or this advice wouldn't be in the instructions
| can't steer if steering is damaged :( |
United States
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: Russian to English
lie headed directly into the waves
... attempt to keep the ship lying headed directly into the waves ...
You can omit "directly", as Gary says. But having the ship "lie" gets away from saying that you're steering it (with the busted rudder), without saying exactly how you're doing this.
Sentence from a Popular Science article, 1935, though I'm not sure the link will work:
"... a vessel of this class cannot depend on steam alone for safety in a storm--especially when the ship is forced to heave to, or abandon its course and lie headed directly into the waves."
http://books.google.com/books?id=ySUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA...
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