Figure out position after boat loses power, initially (8)
I believe the answer is:
untangle
'figure out' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'position after boat loses power initially' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'position' could be 'angle' (angle is a kind of position) and 'angle' is located in the answer.
'boat' could be 'u' and 'u' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for untangle that I've seen before include "Make free from confusion" , "Straighten out, free from mesh" , "Make free from disorder" , "Sort out" , "Extricate" .)