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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...
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    Solar sails (also known as lightsails, light sails, and photon sails) are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...
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    a topgallant sail (topgallant alone pronounced "t'gallant", topgallant sail pronounced "t'garns'l", is the square-rigged sail or sails immediately above...
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    gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from, and aft of, the aftmost mast. Spankers are also called driver, jigger, and a pusher sail. On a schooner of four...
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  • 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...
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  • Sail On may refer to: Sail On (Imperials album) or the title song, 1977 Sail On (Muddy Waters album), 1969; originally The Best of Muddy Waters, 1958 Sail...
    530 bytes (99 words) - 06:34, 13 May 2023
  • Look up full sail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Full Sail may refer to: Full Sail (Chesapeake album), 1996 Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album)...
    826 bytes (137 words) - 03:30, 17 May 2024
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    A studding sail, or stun'sl (pronounced stuns'l /ˈstʌnsəl/) is an extra sail on a square rigged vessel for use in fair weather. It is set outside the...
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  • up sail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sail is any type of surface intended to move a vessel, vehicle or rotor by being placed in a wind. Sail or...
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  • The settee sail was a lateen sail with the front corner cut off, giving it a quadrilateral shape. The settee sail requires a shorter yard than does the...
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    In naval parlance, the sail (American usage) or fin (British/Commonwealth usage) (also known as a fairwater) of a submarine is the tower-like structure...
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    assessment starts with a sail plan that depicts each kind of sail under consideration. The sail plan becomes a guide for which sails to use under the anticipated...
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    An electric sail (also known as an electric solar wind sail or an E-sail) is a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the...
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    square sail, canted rectangular sail, rectangular balance lug, or balance lug sail in English.: 102–103 : 608  In historical sources, tanja sail is sometimes...
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  • Sail Away may refer to: Sail Away (musical), a 1961 musical by Noël Coward, or the title song Sail Away (Great White album) or the title song, 1994 Sail...
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    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...
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    recording studio in Ohio named Full Sail Productions and Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts. The school moved to Florida in 1980, began offering bachelor's...
    59 KB (4,547 words) - 04:09, 28 May 2024
  • "Sail" is a song by the American rock band Awolnation. It was released as a single on November 8, 2010, first featured on the band's debut extended play...
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    Sailing (redirect from Sail navigation)
    Sailing craft and their rigs Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat...
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    A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating...
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