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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