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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...
- 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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Solar sails (also
known as lightsails,
light sails, and
photon sails) are a
method of
spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...
- a
topgallant sail (topgallant
alone pronounced "t'gallant",
topgallant sail pronounced "t'garns'l", is the square-rigged
sail or
sails immediately above...
- 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)...
- 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...
- gaff-rigged fore-and-aft
sail set from, and aft of, the
aftmost mast.
Spankers are also
called driver, jigger, and
pusher sail. On a
schooner of four or...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
