A snailhoe
A sailmaker
A maker of a sail
Each ship would have had at least one sail maker on board. They would sow the sails by hand from rolls of canvas and baulk rope using large needles twine and a sail maker's Palm.
When taken into account that nothing is literal in poetry, a poet can be both the sailor and the sail quite easily. He is his own means, but also he's the driving force and the decision maker.
James Forten
sail
There are sail planes, sail boats, sail cars, and with a spaceship you could sail to the stars.
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Topgallant sail, also known as the gallant sail or garrant sail
Sail me that Frisbee, would you? Do you sail? You sail!
Prince Henry the Navigator never went to sea. He was called "the navigator" because he was a map maker and encouraged people to sail farther than enayone had ever sailed from Portugal before; and make maps about the world.
A three sided sail is known as a Lateen sail or also a triangular sail. With a four sided sail one is only able to sail against the wind, but with a Lateen sail it is possible to sail more directly into the wind.