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ships Skysails,
Captain John Konrad,
Mariners Weather Log,
April 2009,
Volume 53, No. 1,
National Weather Service Let's Go Fly a Kite –
SkySails and Climate...
- A
skysail is the
uppermost sail in many old square-rigged
sail-plans (though
sometimes topped by a moonsail). It was also on the
royal mast
above the royal...
- hope-in-heaven, or hopesail,[citation needed] is a
square sail flown immediately above a
skysail (see
sail-plan) on the
royal masts of a square-rigged sailing...
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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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evaluation performed between 2006 and 2009, the kite
mounted on MS
Beluga Skysails was
estimated to
achieve 5% fuel
savings on an
average route mix, and up...
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topgallant sail, if ****ed.
Upper topgallant sail, if ****ed.
Royal sail, if ****ed.
Skysail, if ****ed. Moonraker, if ****ed. The
division of a
sail into upper...
- vessel. For
square sails (from
bottom to top): (fore, main, mizzen) ...
sail,
lower topsail,
upper topsail, topgallant, royal,
skysail. In the late 19th...
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refers to the
purpose of the craft,
rather than to the
specific size or
sail-plan, and thus a
sloop should not be
confused with a sloop-of-war. As with...
-
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...
- In sailing, a
course is a type of
square sail. It is the
sail set on the
lowest yard on a mast. The
courses are
given a name
derived from the mast on which...
