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sails, and the main top gallant studding sails, etc. A brig's foremast is smaller than the main mast. The fore mast holds a fore sail, fore top sail,...21 KB (2,386 words) - 21:40, 8 October 2024
Schooner (section Sail plans)schooner (/ˈskuːnər/ SKOO-nər) is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted...12 KB (1,373 words) - 22:08, 18 November 2024
single-masted rig setting a huge amount of sail. Square sails were set, as well as a full complement of fore and aft sails. In civilian use, cutters were mostly...21 KB (3,013 words) - 08:43, 23 November 2024
carried 25 sails (seven gaff sails, seven gaff topsails, six topmast staysails and five jib sails (fore staysail, jib, flying jib, jib topsail, balloon jib)...22 KB (2,210 words) - 12:11, 29 March 2024
in the 1860s. He claimed to sail it as one would a sailboat. Mention is made of the movement of pilot and passenger fore and aft in the basket to control...7 KB (815 words) - 23:33, 4 April 2024
Airship (redirect from Dirigible balloon)An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat (lighter-than-air) aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power...131 KB (15,951 words) - 07:09, 25 November 2024
Frigate (redirect from Frigate (sail))term soon came to apply less exclusively to any relatively fast and elegant sail-only warship. In French, the term "frigate" gave rise to a verb – frégater...75 KB (9,333 words) - 07:35, 23 November 2024
Ship of the line (category Age of Sail naval ships)ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed...30 KB (4,172 words) - 17:45, 24 November 2024
Early flying machines (section Hot air balloons)the principle to a type of small hot air balloon called a sky lantern. A sky lantern consists of a paper balloon under or just inside which a small lamp...113 KB (14,967 words) - 02:25, 18 September 2024- stoker training school HMS Indus before becoming a storeship for kite balloons during the First World War. The ship was converted to a floating oil tank...13 KB (1,424 words) - 16:45, 30 October 2024
catamarans. Until the 20th century catamaran development focused primarily on sail-driven concepts. The word "catamaran" is derived from the Tamil word, kattumaram...47 KB (4,689 words) - 13:30, 25 November 2024
(usually 4) square sails), rigged similar to a topsail schooner with a main gaff sail (fore-and-aft sail) on each mast, one "jib" on the fore mast and three...48 KB (6,148 words) - 23:32, 19 October 2024
skin-planking (called kotsa) and Arctic design of the body and the rudder, it could sail without being damaged in the waters full of ice blocks and ice floes. The...7 KB (1,040 words) - 18:26, 12 November 2023
rigged as a barque (the fore- and mainmasts being square rig and the mizzen mast carrying a fore-aft sail), and the total maximum sail area was 12,296 sq ft...65 KB (9,548 words) - 09:28, 24 August 2024
All full-rigged ships have a fore and aft sail on the after-most mast (such as a spanker). In later ships, square sails were set above this, but early...110 KB (13,205 words) - 14:31, 27 November 2024
Sloop-of-war (category Age of Sail naval ships)with a single gun deck and three masts, two square rigged and the aft-most fore-and-aft rigged (corvettes had three masts, all of which were square-rigged)...19 KB (2,637 words) - 21:01, 29 September 2024
Ironclad warship (section Propulsion: steam and sail)century transformed the ironclad from a wooden-hulled vessel that carried sails to supplement its steam engines into the steel-built, turreted battleships...79 KB (10,821 words) - 18:24, 7 November 2024
the aerodynamic shape of the sail. Woven polyester provides the best combination of light weight and durability in a sail, with the best overall handling...40 KB (5,183 words) - 22:25, 14 November 2024
General-Admiral, was launched in 1873 and combined sail and steam propulsion. By the 1890s, cruisers had abandoned sail and took on a modern appearance. In 1908...63 KB (9,009 words) - 18:36, 17 November 2024
- balloon gives no sensation of movement at all. In my first air-ship, however, the suspension was very long, approximating that of a spherical balloon
- is thus fulfilled in a correspondingly crude way, without bringing to the fore the possibilities which are implied in such an orientation. The concept of
- the balloons then the ride ends and the Noki in green gives you a Shine as a prize. You don't get a second chance if you don't get all the balloons; it's