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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...

Foundling Hospital to paint what is now titled A Flagship Before the Wind Under Easy Sail, following which he was elected a Governor and Guardian of the institution...

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...

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 roughly...

balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward...

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order to sail close-hauled to the wind. The bowline knot is thought to have been first mentioned in John Smith's 1627 work A Sea Grammar under the name...

gray in colour and have a characteristically large dorsal fin known as the sail, which often stretches the entire length of the back. Another notable characteristic...

to the foot of a sail to increase its area in light winds. booby A type of bird that has little fear and therefore is particularly easy to catch. booby...

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...

gap in the sail approximately mid-way up. This feature makes the sail easier to keep inflated, but detracts from its performance. The sail may be flown...

sand yachting, land yachting or dirtboating, entails overland travel with a sail-powered vehicle, similar to sailing on water. Originally, a form of transportation...

trailer, or passing under a bridge" In the West, the concept of a ship carrying more than one mast, to give it more speed under sail and to improve its...

to three-masted carracks with a mix of square and lateen sails made ships nimbler and easier to manoeuvre. Gunports cut in the hull of ships had been...

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing...

iron, with a screw pin at the open end used for securing stays to sails, allowing easy removal. shaft 1.  A propeller shaft. The term shaft can be used...

storage. Most trailer sailers also feature ballast, either fixed or in a swinging centreboard or dagger board to make them easier to launch and retrieve...

tacking maneuvers, allows a vessel to sail towards a destination that is closer to the wind that the vessel can sail directly. A sailing craft, whose course...

and is also the background music for Under Armour's "Are You from Here" commercial, featuring Derrick Williams. "Sail" was covered by Macy Gray (included...

as soon as possible (after checking for trailing ropes). Once the sails are under control recovery should proceed as for a powerboat. There have been...