oversailing

He furled the sail by remote and went on low-power assist to slow the Pearl and avoid oversailing the buoy.

Consisting of an open plan living space on the ground floor, with a terrace set beneath the oversailing first floor, the house is a simple box, albeit with a few unusual design details that set it apart from the everyday.

This condition has been corrected by replacing the defective detail with a conventional sloping stone coping oversailing a 'secret gutter' of in situ lead which terminates the new roof slating, the new coping being bedded on an impervious damp-proof course (Plates 28 and 29).