| 1. | The canoe won't make the island (on this tack). | Ebuñ wa in jān āneṇ | buñ |
| 2. | He’s been saying we were off course since Roi-Namur and that we should tack windward because land was to the east, but you said no. P1236 | Eḷak kar ba ke jebuñ jān Ruōt im jen bwābwe wōt bwe aelōñ eo epād i reeaar, ekwe kwōbar ba ke eaab. | buñ |
| 3. | Tack into the wind. | Kwōn bwābweik wa ṇe | bwābwe |
| 4. | Let's two of us tack this canoe windward. | Jeṇro kabwābweik wa in. | bwābwe |
| 5. | “Tack windward a bit,” the Boatswain yelled down from the mast. P496 | “Bwābwe tak jidik,” Bojin eo elaṃōj laḷ tak jān kiju eo. | bwābwe |
| 6. | Tack your canoe. | Kwōn diake wa ṇe | diak |
| 7. | They didn’t tack the boat quite yet and instead just floated for a while waiting and watching the glowing light. P1113 | Erro jab kijer in diake wa eo ak kōmmān pepepe wōt ijo im apāde kabōlbōl eo. | kijer |
| 8. | “We are at the windward side of the island, so we need to turn the boat and tack leeward,” the Captain still insisted. P904 | “Likiejān ān eo in, innem jeaikuj kōjaaḷ wa in im kabbwe,” eakweḷap wōt. | likiej |
| 9. | And I heard the sound of their treading feet as they moved around and got ready to change the sail from one side to the other to tack the boat. P1101 | Im ikar roñ ainikien ṃūṃūṇṃūṇ ke erro kar pepejọrjor ijo i lōñ in pojak in diak. | ṃūṃūṇṃūṇ |
| 10. | “We’ll come north first and then tack to the south,” the Captain said. P841 | “Kōjmān naaj tar niñatak ṃōṃkaj innem diak rōkeañ,” Kapen eo eba. | niña |
| 11. | And I heard the sound of their treading feet as they moved around and got ready to change the sail from one side to the other to tack the boat. P1101 | Im ikar roñ ainikien ṃūṃūṇṃūṇ ke erro kar pepejọrjor ijo i lōñ in pojak in diak. | pepejọrjor |