The wind was freshening to about 8 knots in the downwind leg.
Does your insurance company think a downwind leg is something to do with cricket?
New Zealand moved ahead in the second stage, a downwind leg.
He maintained his descent as he turned onto the downwind leg.
By the third mark, Alinghi was 10 seconds behind, close enough for an attack on the downwind leg.
The long side parallel to the runway but flown in the opposite direction is called the downwind leg.
He checked the downwind leg for any other traffic he hadn't already seen.
The airplane completed a 180-degree turn from the downwind leg of the approach and continued the turn.
The plane was already banking out of its downwind leg and making its final approach.
But on the last downwind leg, he picked the wrong corridor.
