sailing+craft

  • 11craft — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 activity needing skill with your hands ADJECTIVE ▪ skilled ▪ Sheep shearing is a highly skilled craft. ▪ ancient, traditional ▪ country, local …

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  • 12sailing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dinghy (BrE) VERB + SAILING ▪ go SAILING + NOUN ▪ club, school ▪ rega …

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  • 13sailing — 1. noun a) Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise b) Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a …

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  • 14Thames sailing barge — A Thames sailing barge was a type of commercial sailing boat common on the River Thames in London in the 19th century. The flat bottomed barges were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow rivers. The barges… …

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  • 15Minto Sailing Dinghy — A Minto Sailing Dinghy on the beach Current Specifications Crew 2 …

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  • 16Spray (sailing vessel) — The S.V. Spray was the vessel rebuilt by Joshua Slocum and used in his successful attempt to circumnavigate the world single handedly, the first voyage of its kind. The Spray was a convert|36|ft|9|in|m|sing=on sloop rigged fishing boat refitted… …

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  • 17Speed sailing record — l Hydroptère, the current Nautical Mile record holder Speed sailing records are sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). Records are measured either by average speed over a specified distance or by total distance …

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  • 18Dinghy sailing — A Contender dinghy on a broad reach. Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls: the sails the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth).… …

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  • 19Planing (sailing) — ).Planing allows the boat to go faster by using its speed and hull shape to lift the front part of the hull out of the water. The boat travels on top of the water, greatly reducing the hydrodynamic drag on the vessel. The increase in aerodynamic… …

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  • 20Speed sailing — is the art of sailing a craft as fast as possible over a predetermined route, and having its overall or peak speed recorded and accredited by a regulatory body. The term usually refers to sailing on water, even though sailing on land and ice is… …

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