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- Sail rigs A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including...56 KB (5,998 words) - 02:26, 31 May 2024
- A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports...8 KB (861 words) - 01:11, 25 September 2023
- vessels Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may...36 KB (3,925 words) - 01:17, 26 June 2024
- aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward. On a square-rigged ship, any of the square...306 KB (38,502 words) - 16:49, 8 August 2024
- Spinnaker (redirect from Kite (sail))A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the...26 KB (3,642 words) - 16:35, 28 July 2024
- A point of sail is a sailing craft's direction of travel under sail in relation to the true wind direction over the surface. The principal points of sail...20 KB (2,566 words) - 03:27, 5 July 2024
- Sail twist is a phenomenon in sailing where the head of the sail is at a different angle of incidence from the foot of the sail in order to change the...3 KB (307 words) - 02:08, 17 March 2024
- Bowline (category Knots of ancient origin)for example to fasten a halyard to the head of a sail or to tie a jib sheet to a clew of a jib. The bowline is well known as a rescue knot for such purposes...12 KB (1,437 words) - 16:13, 20 February 2024
- On sailboats, a sail batten is a flexible insert in a sail, parallel to the direction of wind flow, that helps shape its qualities as an airfoil. Battens...5 KB (634 words) - 04:52, 19 October 2023
- Modern sails may come with a standard leech line (leech control) that runs under the back edge of the mainsail. This line is usually fixed at the head of the...1 KB (151 words) - 10:32, 9 March 2023
- "Sail On, Sailor" (mislabeled "Sail On Sailor" on original pressings) is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album Holland. It...22 KB (2,593 words) - 22:00, 11 March 2024
- Hanse Sail in Rostock is the largest maritime festival in Mecklenburg (Germany) and one of the largest in Europe. About 250 traditional sailing ships of all...7 KB (663 words) - 05:08, 27 June 2023
- Black Sails is an American television drama series created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz that debuted on January 25, 2014. It was produced...55 KB (1,225 words) - 12:08, 28 May 2024
- Tanja sail (Malay: layar tanjak) or tanja rig is a type of sail commonly used by the Austronesian people, particularly in Maritime Southeast Asia. It...13 KB (1,466 words) - 07:24, 4 July 2024
- The lug sail, or lugsail, is a fore-and-aft, four-cornered sail that is suspended from a spar, called a yard. When raised, the sail area overlaps the...8 KB (1,005 words) - 09:34, 21 May 2024
- To Sail, to Sail is a studio album of acoustic guitar solos by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is Frith's first album of acoustic...5 KB (452 words) - 13:14, 13 November 2022
- Sail Out is the debut extended play (EP) by American recording artist Jhené Aiko, released on November 12, 2013 through Def Jam Recordings. It was Aiko's...30 KB (2,919 words) - 21:56, 11 July 2023
- Fat pad sign (redirect from Sail sign of the elbow)fat pad sign, also known as the sail sign, is a potential finding on elbow radiography which suggests a fracture of one or more bones at the elbow. It...3 KB (382 words) - 16:43, 28 February 2024
- A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes (1895) by Sabine Baring-Gould The Herring's Head 177766A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes — The Herring's Head1895Sabine
- themselves to conditions. In a flat calm they use the oars; with a following breeze they hoist full sail; in a head wind they shorten sail or heave to. Adapt yourself
- when a rescue harness is not available. The bowline is commonly used in sailing small craft, for example to fasten a halyard to the head of a sail or to