shrimping

verb. using the spinnaker of a sailboat in a manner reminiscent of a trawl net, as when trawling for shrimp. Often performed for a short time during a spinnaker douse.

Definition adapted from the America's Cup Sailing Dictionary

It looked like you went shrimping on that last mark rounding!

We're shrimping! Everybody go forward and get the spinnaker out of the water.

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