Wind power
The wind is what causes a sailboat to sail.
A sailboat without a sail is but a hull of itself.
A sailboat.
A sailboat without a sail is but a hull of itself.
it depends on the type of sailboat, the wind strength
wind power
Sail Clothe. It is a special kind of canvas made for sails.
Mast (vertical, leading edge of sail), Boom (horizontal,bottom of sail), and a spinnaker pole if you use a spinnaker which is a sail type
Displacement Sailboat
yes, you would be using a pulley which is a type of simple machine. It is a type of machine that is changing the direction over which a force is exerted.
The size of the sailboat would depend on the amount of people and gear going on the trip as well as the type of boat. Some 13 foot sailboats can be outfitted for the trip while other models need to be over 20 feet to even think of sailing this path.
a dinghy would be a small (6 to 16 foot) sailboat, these can have almost any sail rig. the type of rig you described is called a sloop. a sloop is a sailboat with a triangular mainsail and a jib (this sail configuration is called a marconi rig, or bermudian rig), and are very common. so a small, one masted vessel with a mainsail and jib would just be called a sloop, or dinghy.