Sailing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large (usually fabric) foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the win...
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Sailboat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails. The term covers a variety of boats, larger than small vessels such as sailboards and smaller than sailing ships, but dis...
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The Basics. Orientation. Terminology. Drawing by Mark Smith from John Rousmaniere, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, 3rd edition (Simon & Schuster, 1999).
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A two-masted sailboat. ... Home (FRAMES) | Home (NO FRAMES); Sailboats | Equipment | Rigs | Knots | Weather | Navigation | Racing | Newsroom | Classroom | Terminology | Marinas | Classifieds | Important Links | International | Literature | Pictures | Photo Contest | Guestbook | About Authors...
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- A glossary of sailing terminology - ; If you don't find the answer to your question here, or if you want to learn more about sailing, visit; Kingdom Yachts Sailing Club; where you will find the Sailing Forums, boating tips, educational links, plus club and lesson information. ... Catboat - a one sail sailboat...
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People who are not familiar with water sports may think that sailboat terminology is a sort of exclusive jargon shared by anglers, fishers and water sport enthusiasts engaged on a regular basis with boating, canoeing and kayaking, but that is so complex to understand for those persons who takes sailing as a once in a...
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When a sailboat tacks into the wind to bring it from one side to the other, she is said to go about. Adrift: Floating free. A boat which can not move by its own power. Aft: Toward the back of the boat; Alee: Away from the direction of the wind.
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Off the port bow ... Off the starboard bow ... Abeam to port...
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Propelling boats with sails has been going on for thousands of years. In the old days the sailors had very little control and most sailing was done downwind or with the wind pushing on the sails in order to move the boat. ... More recent technologies have made sailing, especially racing, ... As a rule of thumb,
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