- the wind or
point of sail. On
points of sail where it is
possible to
align the
leading edge
of the
sail with the
apparent wind, the
sail may act as an airfoil...
- The Age
of Sail is a
period in
European history that
lasted at the
latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in
which the dominance...
-
Solar sails (also
known as lightsails,
light sails, and
photon sails) are a
method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...
-
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...
-
point of sail is a
sailing craft's
direction of travel under sail in
relation to the true wind
direction over the surface. The prin****l
points of sail roughly...
- port, but
doomed to
sail the sea forever. The
myths and
ghost stories are
likely to have
originated from the 17th-century
Golden Age
of the
Dutch East India...
-
press setting sail for
Abyssinia from Portugal, with the
purpose of helping missionary work in Abyssinia. Cir****stances
prevented this
printing press...
- Full
Sail University is a
private for-profit
university in
Winter Park, Florida. It was
formerly a
recording studio in Ohio
named Full
Sail Productions...
- 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...
-
lateen (from
French latine,
meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a
triangular sail set on a long yard
mounted at an
angle on the mast, and
running in a fore-and-aft...
